touch down

• Verbo compuesto que indica el aterrizaje de una aeronave o nave espacial, o en deportes como el fútbol americano o el rugby, apoyar el balón en el suelo para anotar un ensayo o touchdown.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of landing, especially of an aircraft or spacecraft, or in sports (American football/rugby) to score a touchdown.

incontable · intransitivo · phrasal, sin objeto

1. Landing of aircraftformal

   When an aircraft lands on the ground or a runway.

   toma de contacto

   • The plane touched down smoothly at the airport.
   • We are scheduled to touch down in London at 3 PM.
   • The pilot announced that we would touch down in ten minutes.

   Sinónimosalightcome inlandput downset down

   Antónimosdeparttake off

2. Score in American footballinformalamerican

   To score a touchdown by carrying the ball into the opponent's end zone.

   Anotar un touchdown

   • The quarterback ran the ball and touched down for a score.
   • He touched down in the final seconds of the game.
   • The team celebrated after touching down twice in the first quarter.

   Sinónimosscore

Verbo basetouch