asyenda
asyénda with stress marks
hacienda, plantation
Usage Note
Asyenda comes from Spanish hacienda and refers to a large plantation or estate. The hacienda system defined agrarian power structures in colonial and post-colonial Philippines, and today the word often evokes land reform debates and rural inequality — particularly in regions like Negros where sugar haciendas dominated.
Examples
" Malawak ang asyenda nila. "
Natural Translation
Their hacienda is vast.
Literal Translation
Vast the hacienda their.
" Sino ang may-ari ng asyenda? "
Natural Translation
Who is the owner of the hacienda?
Literal Translation
Who the owner of hacienda?
" Ilang henerasyon nang nagtatrabaho ang kanilang pamilya sa asyenda, ngunit hanggang ngayon ay wala pa rin silang sariling lupa. "
Natural Translation
For several generations their family has worked on the hacienda, yet to this day they still have no land of their own.
Literal Translation
Several generations already working the their family in hacienda, but until now is none still they own land.
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