hacienda
See also: Hacienda
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌhæsiˈɛndə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌ(h)ɑsiˈɛndə/
- Rhymes: -ɛndə
- Hyphenation: ha‧ci‧en‧da
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, in The Dust of Conflict:
- 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.
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Translations
homestead
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.sjɛn.da/
Further reading
- “hacienda” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish fazienda, from Latin facienda. Cognate with Portuguese fazenda. Doublet of faena.
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /aˈθjenda/, [aˈθjẽn̪d̪a]
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /aˈsjenda/, [aˈsjẽn̪d̪a]
- Rhymes: -enda
Related terms
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