Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

latifundio

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lat-i-fun-dio
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large estate, large land property, especially in Latin America; a latifundium.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish latifundio. Doublet of latifundium.

Inflected Forms

latifundios (plural)

Questions

What does latifundio mean?: A large estate, large land property, especially in Latin America; a latifundium.
Where does latifundio come from?: Borrowed from Spanish latifundio. Doublet of latifundium.

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