hacienda
Spanish, noun
hacienda is spelled H-A-C-I-E-N-D-A (8 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,980th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hacienda is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “ranch, hacienda” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of hacendar. With a capital, Hacienda is a different word: “treasury, tax office (governmental organization administrating…”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Finca rural dedicada a la producción agrícola o ganadera”.
What does hacienda mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineranch, hacienda
- 2
femininelivestock
- 3
femininetreasury
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
femininetreasury, tax office (governmental organization administrating finances)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Finca rural dedicada a la producción agrícola o ganadera. 2. Conjunto de bienes que alguien posee, en especial los líquidos. 3. Por antonomasia, hacienda₅ del Estado. 4. Conjunto de órganos de la administración gubernamental encargados de recaudar los impuestos, así como de la administración de ingresos y egresos.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hacienda
- haciendas plural
- Hacienda alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to hacienda
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hacienda in Spanish?
hacienda appears 28 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).