el
masculine
/kampeˈsino/
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Translation
peasant, farmer, countryman
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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