quinta
Americannoun
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quintas
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of quinta
C20: from Portuguese, literally: a country estate, farm
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The strongest of them are called essential oils, after the medieval alchemist’s notion of quinta essentia, a fifth essence of heavenly origin — a life force — to be extracted from terrestrial materials.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2021
“Vinho verde is a growing segment,” being less alcoholic and a better fit with light foods, said Smith, whose other quinta, Covela, makes two kinds.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 3, 2014
Icy rains had brought autumn to Argentina, and the master of the house in the Calle Juncal, Ramon S. Castillo, was moving in from his suburban quinta in Martinez beside the Rio de la Plata.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since he first started teaching them to ride motorcycles at his presidential quinta in suburban Olivos last August, he has hardly let a day pass without some kindness.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ah, happy is the quinta in the warm and sunny morn.
From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 by Various
These are, however, hard times on the River Plate, and more than half the quintas are deserted and falling into ruins.
From A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Annie Brassey
The quintas, or country-houses, each surrounded by a terraced garden and vineyard, which dotted the slopes, gave a cheerful air to the landscape.
From The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson by Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez
One extraordinary feature of the private quintas or orchards and plantations in the vicinity of the Saladeros was the walls or hedges.
From Far Away and Long Ago by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
The Paseo del Molino is the fashionable part of the town, where the wealthy merchants reside in curious chalets, or quintas as they are called here.
From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Maturin Murray Ballou
Like mighty giants they surround the harbour, the ground at their bases sloping towards the water, and sprinkled with pretty villages, and quintas, and orange-groves, and covered with the most luxuriant vegetation.
From A Voyage round the World A book for boys by William Henry Giles Kingston
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