hacienda
See also Hacienda
English
Etymology
Spanish hacienda
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛndə
Noun
hacienda (plural haciendas)
- a large homestead in a ranch or estate usually in places where Colonial Spanish culture has had architectural influence.
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 14, The Dust of Conflict[1]:
- The hot day was over, and the light failing rapidly, when Appleby, who had just finished comida, sat by a window of the hacienda San Cristoval with an English newspaper upon his knee.
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 14, The Dust of Conflict[1]:
Translations
homestead
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin facienda.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -enda
Noun
hacienda f (plural haciendas)
See also
Verb
hacienda (infinitive hacendar)