estancia
Americannoun
plural
estanciasnoun
Etymology
Origin of estancia
First recorded in 1695–1705; from Latin American Spanish: “ranch,” Spanish: “dwelling”
Example Sentences
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En su denuncia, que compartió con Science, afirma que Vielle Calzada no la acosó sexualmente cuando era estudiante de posgrado ni durante la mayor parte de su estancia como científica en su laboratorio.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 5, 2021
Strip away the Humvees and athletic fields, and the base could be an Argentine estancia, home to gauchos instead of guardsmen.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2019
"We kept our promise to hold elections," said a colonel as he headed for his estancia in the countryside.
From Time Magazine Archive
Within a few hours every peon in the Pereyra Iraolas' neighborhood was stuttering out answers to police, every estancia gate and fence in rich Buenos Aires province was carefully watched.
From Time Magazine Archive
He saw the estancia as he’d never seen it before.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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