aterrizaste

Aterrizaste is the second-person singular form of the Spanish verb aterrizar in the pretérito indefinido (simple past). It corresponds to “you landed” in English and is used when addressing someone as tú to indicate that a landing took place in the past, typically referring to a vehicle such as an airplane, helicopter, or spacecraft.

Used in narrative or reported speech, aterrizaste can describe a completed action at a specific time. It can also appear in figurative or metaphorical contexts, where aterrizar means to bring something to a resting state or to settle a matter, for example a plan or idea “landing” in a meeting.

Etymology: aterrizar comes from the combination of a- (a prefix) with tierra (earth/ground) and the suffix -izar, forming a verb that originally conveys causing to land or to bring to the ground. The root terr- derives from Latin terra.

In sentences, you might see: Aterrizaste ayer en Madrid. La idea aterrizó durante la reunión. The first example uses the literal sense of landing, while the second uses the metaphorical sense of an idea taking hold.

See also: aterrizar, Spanish verb conjugation, pretérito indefinido.

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