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/Sounds like "ehs" (as in "egg") + "TAHN" (as in "tar") + "syah"/

Meaning

A large rural cattle ranch on the Argentine and Uruguayan pampas where cows and horses are raised. It's the River Plate equivalent of the Mexican ranch and the classic image of South American countryside with gauchos and asados.

Examples

We spent the weekend at an estancia on the pampas.

The estancia has thousands of cows.

Word family
Regional synonyms
Bandera de México
Rancho

Chilean word that can mean a big bump on the head after a knock, or anything large, impressive, or seriously difficult depending on context.