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large tracts

[/lɑːrdʒ træks/]
noun phrase
grandes extensões
1. Extensive areas or stretches of land or territory
Large tracts of forest were destroyed by the fire.
Grandes extensões de floresta foram destruídas pelo fogo.
2. Wide expanses of a particular region or domain
The country controls large tracts of agricultural land.
O país controla grandes extensões de terras agrícolas.
Synonyms
vast areaswide expansesbroad stretcheslarge areasextensive regions
Antonyms
small plotsnarrow stripslimited areas

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
grandes extensões
Most common translation in Brazilian Portuguese
Brazil
grandes faixas
Alternative usage for strips or bands of territory
Portugal
grandes extensões
Standard translation in European Portuguese
Portugal
vastas áreas
Alternative formal usage

Related Idioms & Phrases

large tracts of land
large tracts of territory
large tracts of forest
swaths of land
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