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estancia

stay

noun ehs-TAHN-syah Less Common

Also means

ranch

Usage Note

Estancia means a temporary stay or sojourn in most of Spain and urban Latin America: mi estancia en París duró un mes. In Argentina, Uruguay, and southern South America it also means a large cattle ranch, roughly equivalent to a hacienda elsewhere. Context usually resolves the ambiguity.

Examples

"Mi estancia en Madrid fue muy placentera."

Natural Translation

My stay in Madrid was very pleasant.

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