repartimiento
English edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish repartir (“to divide”).
Noun edit
repartimiento (plural repartimientos)
- (historical) A partition or distribution, especially of slaves.
- 1831, Washington Irving, Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus, John Murray, pages 283–284:
- He could not withstand these sneers, but resigned his appointment, and remained in the island as a private individual; establishing himself in a village where he had a large repartimiento or allotment of Indians assigned to him by a grant from the king.
- (historical) An assessment of taxes.
Spanish edit
Noun edit
repartimiento m (plural repartimientos)
Further reading edit
- “repartimiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014