rancho

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rancho

masculine noun

1mess (comida)

2ranch (granja del Oeste)

3shack, shanty (en la ciudad) (CSur, Venezuelan Spanish)

4= small farmhouse and outbuildings

rancho [rahn’-cho]

noun

1Food given dully to a set of persons, as soldiers or convicts. (m)

2Mess, a set of persons who eat and drink together. (m)

3A free clear passage. (m)

4A friendly meeting of persons to discuss a question. (m)

5Restroom; mess. (Nautical) (m)

6Each of the divisions of the crew. (m)

7Provision of food for a voyage. (m)

8Hut in which peasants are sheltered overnight (cobertizo). (m)

9A stock-farm; a small farm (granja), a ranch. (Mexico) (m)

10A place consisting of a few huts, where travelers may find provisions. (America) (m)

rancho

sustantivo:masculino

1 (México) (granja) ranch; small farm

2 (Latinoamérica) (choza) hut; thatched hut; (casa de campo) country house; villa

3 (Caribe) (chabola) shanty; shack

ranchos (And) (Caribe) shanty town

4 (Náutica) crew's quarters; (p)

5 (campamento) camp; settlement

6 (Mil) mess; communal meal; (peyorativo) (comida) bad food; grub; (familiar)

asentar el rancho (preparar la comida) to prepare a meal; (organizarse) to settle in; get things organized; hacer el rancho to have a meal

hacer rancho aparte to set up on one's own; go one's own way

7 (S. Cone) (sombrero) straw hat

Paid English to Spanish translation

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hearty laughter, raucous laughter, guffaw