Poor Farmers
Hello. I am looking for a term used to reference the "poor farmers that live in the country." I know my Spanish teacher told me a specific word used for that, but I totally forget what it is! Help would be appreciated, thanks!
7 Answers
But in the US, jornaleros do not only work on farms. In every city in the western US, there are corners where jornaleros gather each morning to wait for day work offers. People drive by and state the type of job they have, and try to find a suitable worker.
Jornalero just means day-laborer (the word is a cognate of the French jour, or day), so I don't think that's the word Reaves was looking for.
Shrek said:
"Peón" and "Jornalero" are the words used at Mexico and Centralamerica
... and Spain, and Argentina, and Chile,...
"Peón" and "Jornalero" are the words used at Mexico and Centralamerica to describe farm workers; these people are generaly poor and live in the country.
Maybe a word like "peón" is the answer or maybe the teacher was teaching the position of adjectives that can change the meaning like el pobre campesino vs el campesino pobre''''
"Campesino" definitely does not imply being poor, but someone who lives working on the fields with his own hands is not likely to be very rich, of course.
The word "campesino" comes from "campo" (field, farm land)
James Santiago said:
Are you asking for a single word that means "poor farmers that live in the country"? Campesinos is close to that description, but doesn't necessarily mean that they are poor. Certainly not rich, but...
that sounds vaguely familiar. I wasn't looking for something that meant exactly that, just along those lines. I think you answered my question, thank you very much!
Are you asking for a single word that means "poor farmers that live in the country"? Campesinos is close to that description, but doesn't necessarily mean that they are poor. Certainly not rich, but...
