ejido

el ejido(
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A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
masculine noun
a. common land
Los habitantes del pueblo acordaron tener los caballos en el ejido.The town inhabitants agreed to keep the horses on the common land.
2. (system)
Regionalism used in Mexico
(Mexico)
a. ejido
Se implementó el ejido para que los campesinos sin tierras accedieran a ellas.The ejido system was implemented to give landless farmers access to land.
3. (partnership)
Regionalism used in Mexico
(Mexico)
a. farming cooperative
Un grupo de campesinos constituyó un ejido y cultivaron trigo y soya.A group of rural workers established a farming cooperative and cultivated wheat and soybeans.
b. ejido
Cuando era joven, vivíamos de lo que se cultivaba en el ejido.When I was young, we lived off what we grew in the ejido.
a.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
El gobierno analiza la posibilidad de recuperar ejidos para venderlos.The government is discussing the possibility of recovering lands granted to cooperatives so it can sell them.
El ejido se utilizaba para la cría de ganado.The land granted to the cooperative by the government was used to raise cattle.
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