caserío

hamlet; farmstead

noun kah-seh-REE-oh Rare

Origin: From casa (house) + augmentative suffix -erío, denoting a cluster of houses.

Usage Note

Caserío refers to a small rural settlement—a hamlet or cluster of farmhouses—smaller than a village (pueblo). In the Basque Country it has a more specific meaning: a traditional Basque farmhouse (baserri in Basque), a large stone structure that housed both family and livestock. This Basque sense is the most culturally loaded use of the word in Spanish.

Examples

"El caserío estaba rodeado de montañas y bosques."

Natural Translation

The hamlet was surrounded by mountains and forests.

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