hacienda

noun

ha·​ci·​en·​da ˌ(h)ä-sē-ˈen-də 

1

: a large estate especially in a Spanish-speaking country : plantation

2

: the main dwelling of a hacienda

Synonyms

• castle
• château
• estate
• hall
• manor
• manor house
• manse
• mansion
• palace
• villa

Examples of hacienda in a Sentence

the sugar baron spared no expense in building a grand hacienda on his plantation near Cuernavaca

Recent Examples on the Web

The film, macabre and atmospheric from start to finish, relocates the classic folklore to an isolated hacienda in a Mexican village where a young woman has returned to bury her aunt. —Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Aug. 2023

She was born on May 29, 1917 and grew up in a hacienda in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. —Natalia Torija Nieto, ELLE Decor, 28 Sep. 2022

Bernal’s father, Pablo, 68, who co-owns the hacienda with several family members, also joined them, as did her two Italian greyhounds, Simón and Lucas. —Jason Chen Paulina Fi Garduño, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2022

Originally built in 1923 as stables for Edward Drummond Libbey, who made his fortune in glassware, the hacienda is one of the earliest works by Neff, best known as the designer of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks’s mansion, Pickfair. —ELLE Decor, 18 Nov. 2022

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, from Old Spanish facienda, from Latin, literally, things to be done, neuter plural of faciendus, gerundive of facere to do — more at do

First Known Use

circa 1772, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

hacienda

noun

ha·​ci·​en·​da ˌ(h)äs-ē-ˈen-də 

: a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries