hacienda

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Etymology [edit]

Spanish hacienda

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hacienda (plural haciendas)

  1. 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.

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Etymology [edit]

From Latin facienda.

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Noun [edit]

hacienda f (plural haciendas)

  1. treasury
  2. hacienda
  3. livestock

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Verb [edit]

hacienda (infinitive hacendar)

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of hacendar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of hacendar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of hacendar.