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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

rancho de caballos

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈrantʃo de kaˈβaʎos/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Horse-ranch/ˈhɔːrs.ræntʃ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Trabajó en un rancho de caballos durante todo el verano."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An extensive farm or estate devoted to the breeding, rearing, and training of horses.

    "They visited a sprawling horse-ranch in Montana where thoroughbreds roam wide pastures."
  2. 2

    A facility offering horseback riding vacations and guest ranch experiences centered around equestrian activities.

    "The family spent their summer vacation working on a rustic horse-ranch in the mountains."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a compound formed from 'horse', derived from Old English 'hors', and 'ranch', borrowed via American Spanish 'rancho' from Spanish 'rancho' meaning a group of people eating together or a small farm. Emerging in the 19th-century American West, the combination reflects the specialized agrarian and livestock industries developed in North America.

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