country
A. -noun
1. (=nation) paínoun (m)
(=people) pueblo (m)
·to go to the country
(British, Great Britain) (politics) convocar a elecciones generales
2. (=fatherland) patria (f)
·to die for one'noun country
·morir por la patria
·love of country
·amor a la patria
3. (no plural)
(=countryside) campo (m)
·we had to leave the road and go across country
·tuvimos que dejar la carretera e ir a travénoun del campo
·in the country
·en el campo
·to live off the country
·vivir de lo que produce la tierra
4. (no plural)
(=terrain, land)   terreno (m), tierra (f)
·this is good fishing country
·ésta es buena tierra para la pesca
·unknown country
(also figurative) terreno desconocido
·mountainous country
regiónoun (f) montañosa
·there is some lovely country further south
·masculineánoun al sur el paisaje es muy bonito
B. -compound
·country and western (music) -noun   masculineúsica (f) country, masculineúsica (f) ranchera Mexico
·country bumpkin -noun pejorative   patánoun (m), paleto (m) / paleta (f)
·country club -noun club (m) campestre
·country cottage -noun casita (f) (en el campo)
·country cousin -noun (figurative) pueblerino (m) / pueblerina (f)
·country dance -noun baile (m) regional
·country dancing -noun danza (f) folklórica
·country dweller -noun persona (f) que vive en el campo
·country folk -noun plural gente (f) del campo
·country gentleman -noun hacendado (m)
·country house -noun   casa (f) de campo, quinta (f)
(=farm)   finca (f) especially Latin America, rancho (m) Mexico
·country life -noun vida (f) campestre or del campo
·country mile * -noun
a. to miss something by a country mile
(United States) quedarse a una legua de algo
·country park -noun parque (m)
·country road -noun camino (m) vecinal
·country seat -noun   casa (f) solariega, hacienda (f) Latin America