estancia

Definitions of estancia
  1. noun
    continuing or remaining in a place or state
    synonyms: interrupción, permanencia
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    visita
    a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
    escala, parada
    a brief stay in the course of a journey
    type of:
    actividad humana, acto
    something that people do or cause to happen
  2. noun
    a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
    synonyms: visita
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    type of:
    interrupción, permanencia
    continuing or remaining in a place or state
  3. noun
    workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit
    synonyms: cortijo, explotación agrícola, granja, hacienda, heredad, labranza, masada, masía
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    lechería, vaquería
    a farm where dairy products are produced
    granja porcina
    a farm where pigs are raised or kept
    rancho
    farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
    acaballadero, potrero
    a farm where horses are bred
    chacra, huerta
    a farm where vegetables are grown for market
    viña, viñedo
    a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced
    type of:
    curro, lugar de trabajo, tajo, trabajo
    a place where work is done
  4. noun
    a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
    synonyms: copla, estrofa, tirada
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    despedida
    a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry
    cuarteta, cuarteto, redondilla
    a stanza of four lines
    estrofa
    one section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama
    type of:
    texto
    the words of something written
  5. noun
    the state of inactivity following an interruption
    synonyms: alto, detención, parada, paro, represa, suspensión, tope
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    inacción
    the state of being inactive
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