Hi James, look at this thread: https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/terra-terra.1782258/?hl=it "Terra" is used to indicate low level. Sometimes we Italians are used to repeat words (especially adjectives) when we want to give them a stronger meaning ("grosso grosso" -> "very fat", "forte forte" -> "very strong"). Here it is used in the same way. http://www.lessicografia.it/Controller?lemma=RATTO_RATTO&rewrite=1 Hope it helps, tano