aterrizar

to land (e.g. an airplane); to come back to reality, to stop dreaming

Etymology tree Spanish a- Proto-Indo-European *ters-der. Proto-Italic *terzā Latin terra Old Spanish tierra Spanish tierra Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōlbor. Old Spanish -izar Spanish -izar Spanish aterrizar From a- + tierra (“earth”) + -izar.