9-la Vida Rural Flashcards
The country (side)
El campo
Peasant / countryman / countrywoman
El campesino / la campesina
Plot
El terreno
To have 20 hectares of land
Tener 20 hectáreas de terreno
Small plot / strip of land
La parcela
To divide into small pieces
Parcelar
To depend on agriculture
Depender de la agricultura
You can’t live off the land
No se puede vivir de la tierra
Market garden
La huerta
Property / country estate
La finca
Farm (usually small in northern Spain)
La granja
Meadow / pasture
La dehesa
Farm / estate (especially in Andalusia)
El cortijo
Smallholding / small farm
El minifundio
Large estate
El latifundio
Smallholder
El minifundista
Owner of a large estate
El latifundista
Ownership - problems associated with small or large estates
El minifundismo
El latifundismo
Absentee landlord
El terrateniente ausente
To inherit a plot
Heredar una parcela
Land reform
La reforma agraria
To join / form a cooperative
Integrarse en una cooperativa
To become a dormitory town
Convertirse en ciudad dormitorio
The land
La tierra