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Hacienda

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Haˊci-en′da

(äˊthē̍-ā̍n′dȧ or häˊsĭ-ĕn′dȧ)
,
Noun.
[Sp., fr. OSp.
facienda
employment, estate, fr. L.
facienda
, pl. of
faciendum
what is to be done, fr.
facere
to do. See
Fact
.]
1.
A large estate where work of any kind is done, as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals; a cultivated farm, with a good house, in distinction from a farming establishment with rude huts for herdsmen, etc.; – a word used in Spanish-American regions.

Definition 2024

Hacienda

Hacienda

See also: hacienda

Spanish

Noun

Hacienda f ‎(uncountable)

  1. treasury, tax office (governmental organization administrating finances)

hacienda

hacienda

See also: Hacienda

English

Noun

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, 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.

Translations

French

Noun

hacienda f ‎(plural haciendas)

  1. hacienda

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish fazienda, from Latin facienda.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -enda

Noun

hacienda f ‎(plural haciendas)

  1. treasury
  2. hacienda
  3. livestock

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Verb

hacienda

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) 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.

Etymology

Spanish hacienda

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛndə

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