hacienda
pronunciation
How to pronounce hacienda in British English:
UK [ˌhæsɪˈendə]
How to pronounce hacienda in American English:
US [ˌhæsɪ'endə]
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- Noun:
- a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries
- the main house on a ranch or large estate
Word Origin
- hacienda (n.)
- 1760, from American Spanish, "an estate or ranch in the country," from Spanish hacienda "landed estate, plantation," earlier facienda, from Latin facienda "things to be done," from facere "to do" (see factitious). For noun use of a Latin gerundive, compare agenda. The owner of one is a hacendado. The change of Latin f- to Spanish h- is characteristic; compare hablar from fabulari, hacer from facere, hecho from factum, hermoso from formosum. Confusion of initial h- and f- was common in 16c. Spanish; the conquistador is known in contemporary records as both Hernando and Fernando Cortés.
Example
- 1. Why not dine at your hacienda ? I 'd really like to meet your son .
- 2. Nonetheless , after police and soldiers killed seven of the hacienda 's striking farmworkers in 2004 , the government took a second look at the 1989 agreement .
- 3. For $ 23.95 , diners at la hacienda de san angel , a new restaurant at walt disney world , can have grilled tilapia with roasted corn , cactus leaves , and mango chutney .
- 4. Visitors make their way into hacienda napoles , a museum and exotic animal park located in colombia , by passing through an archway decorated with an old airplane .
- 5. That was true of only a few workers , according to antonio ligon , a spokesman for hacienda luisita incorporated .