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/kampeˈsino/

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Translation

peasant, farmer, countryman

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Word origin

From campo ('field, countryside'), from Latin campus ('open field, plain'). A campesino is literally a person of the fields.

Origin
Latin
Root
campus
English cognates
camp, campus

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralcampesinos

Examples

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The peasant works the land from dawn.

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The farmers gathered the harvest before the rain.

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My grandfather was a humble countryman from a small village.

campesina .

The countrywoman was selling fresh vegetables at the market.

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The life of a farmer is not easy at all.

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This word is taught in chapter 31, lesson 10: campesino, desaparición, operar and 7 more words.