hacienda

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See also: Hacienda and haciënda

English

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Etymology

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From Spanish hacienda. Doublet of faena and fazenda.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 14, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
      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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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish hacienda. Doublet of fazenda.

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Noun

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hacienda f (plural haciendas)

  1. hacienda

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈθjenda/ [aˈθjẽn̪.d̪a]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈsjenda/ [aˈsjẽn̪.d̪a]
  • Rhymes: -enda
  • Syllabification: ha‧cien‧da

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Spanish fazienda, from Latin facienda (literally things to be done), from faciō (to do). Cognate with Portuguese fazenda. Doublet of faena.

Noun

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hacienda f (plural haciendas)

  1. ranch, hacienda
    Synonym: rancho
  2. livestock
    Synonym: ganado
  3. treasury
    Synonym: tesorería
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Catalan: hisenda
  • English: hacienda
  • French: hacienda
  • Polish: hacjenda
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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hacienda

  1. inflection of hacendar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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