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quinta

country house

noun KEEN-tah Rare
Travel & Places Landmarks

Also means

fifth (ordinal)

Usage Note

Quinta is the feminine ordinal form of quinto (fifth) but as a standalone noun it usually means a country estate or villa. In military history, la quinta also referred to a draft cohort (conscripts of a given year: los de la quinta del 82). The two meanings are completely distinct and context always resolves them.

Examples

"Pasaron el verano en su quinta del norte."

Natural Translation

They spent the summer at their country house in the north.

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