latifundio

Borrowed from Spanish latifundio. Doublet of latifundium.

latifundio (plural latifundios)

1. A large estate, large land property, especially in Latin America; a latifundium.
   • 1997 [1971], Cedric Belfrage, transl., Open Veins of Latin America, Monthly Review Press, translation of Las venas abiertas de América Latina by Eduardo Galeano, page 92:

     In our time latifundios south of Bahia—from the Recôncavo region to the state of Espirito Santo, between the littoral lowlands and the mountain chain along the coast—still supply raw material for a good part of the world's chocolate consumption.

• latifundium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “latifundio”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “latifundio”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

lātifundiō

1. dative/ablative singular of lātifundium

Borrowed from Latin lātifundium.

• IPA^(key): /latiˈfundjo/ [la.t̪iˈfũn̪.d̪jo]
• Rhymes: -undjo
• Syllabification: la‧ti‧fun‧dio

latifundio m (plural latifundios)

1. latifundio (large estate, large land property, especially in Latin America)

   Antonym: minifundio

• → English: latifundio

• “latifundio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024