kampesino
kampesíno with stress marks
male peasant; peasant man
Usage Note
Kampesino comes from Spanish campesino and denotes a male peasant farmer or rural laborer. Alongside its feminine counterpart kampesina, the word carries a distinctly politicized register — used especially by agrarian reform movements to highlight the struggles of landless and subsistence farming communities across the Philippines.
Examples
" Magsasaka ang kampesino. "
Natural Translation
The peasant man is a farmer.
Literal Translation
Farmer the peasant-man.
" Mahirap ang buhay ng kampesino. "
Natural Translation
The life of a peasant man is hard.
Literal Translation
Hard the life of peasant man.
" Bawat kampesino na nagtatrabaho sa lupa ay umaasang magkaroon ng sariling bukid balang araw. "
Natural Translation
Every peasant man who works the land hopes to own his own field someday.
Literal Translation
Each peasant-man who works on land hoping to-have of own field some day.
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