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ateriza

to land (of an aircraft) /a.te.ri.ˈza/

verb#3859 most common

Also: to touch down, to come in for a landing

Example sentences

Avionul aterizează acum.
The plane is landing now.
Avionul a aterizat la ora zece.
The plane landed at ten o'clock.
Vom ateriza pe aeroportul din Cluj peste o oră.
We will land at the Cluj airport in an hour.
Din cauza furtunii, avionul nostru a aterizat cu întârziere.
Because of the storm, our plane landed late.
Pilotul a reușit să aterizeze în siguranță, deși un motor se defectase.
The pilot managed to land safely, even though an engine had failed.
Dacă vântul nu s-ar fi schimbat brusc, avionul ar fi aterizat exact la timp.
If the wind hadn't changed suddenly, the plane would have landed exactly on time.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgaterizezaterizaivoi ateriza
2sgaterizeziaterizașivei ateriza
3sgaterizeazăaterizăva ateriza
1platerizămaterizarămvom ateriza
2platerizațiaterizarățiveți ateriza
3platerizeazăaterizarăvor ateriza

Word family

aterizarea landing
aterizatlanded
decolato take off (antonym)
terenland, plot, terrain
terestruterrestrial, ground-based

Etymology

Romanian built "a ateriza" as a modern coinage on the model of French "atterrir" (to land), but fitted it to the native pattern of verbs ending in "-iza". The root is Latin "terra", meaning earth or land. The same root gives Romanian "teren" and "terestru", and it sits behind many European words for land and ground.

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