homestead

granja, finca

Casa con el terreno y los edificios que la rodean, especialmente en una granja.

En inglés sencillo: A house and the land and buildings around it, especially on a farm.

• Their homestead includes a small barn.
• We visited the family homestead in the hills.
• Several abandoned homesteads stood along the valley.

Sinónimos: farmstead

Expresiones frecuentes: family homestead, old homestead, rural homestead

parcela de colonización

Terreno que el gobierno daba a colonos en Norteamérica para vivir y cultivar.

En inglés sencillo: Land given by the government to settlers in North America for them to live on and farm.

• The family claimed a homestead in Canada.
• Their homestead covered 160 acres of prairie.
• Settlers had to cultivate their homesteads to secure ownership.

Sinónimos: land grant

Expresiones frecuentes: claim a homestead, prairie homestead, homestead grant

hogar, casa

Lugar donde alguien vive y se siente en casa.

En inglés sencillo: The place where a person lives and feels at home.

• He longed to return to his homestead.
• Her childhood homestead stood at the end of the lane.
• They welcomed us into their modest homestead.

Sinónimos: home, dwelling

Expresiones frecuentes: ancestral homestead, beloved homestead, someone’s homestead

conjunto de viviendas familiares

Grupo de casas donde viven los miembros de una misma familia extensa.

En inglés sencillo: A group of houses where members of one large family live.

• Three generations share this homestead.
• Each household has its own house within the homestead.
• The village consists of several large family homesteads.

Sinónimos: family compound

Expresiones frecuentes: family homestead, traditional homestead, homestead courtyard

establecerse, colonizar

Adquirir un terreno o instalarse en él para crear un hogar y una granja.

En inglés sencillo: To acquire land or settle on it to establish a home and farm.

• The family homesteaded in the valley.
• They planned to homestead on land near the river.
• Her grandparents homesteaded forty acres and built a cabin.

Cómo se usa: homestead on something (They decided to homestead on the prairie.)

Sinónimos: settle

Expresiones frecuentes: homestead on land, homestead the land

apropiarse

Hacerse dueño de un recurso limitado que no pertenece a nadie al empezar a utilizarlo.

En inglés sencillo: To gain ownership of a limited resource that belongs to nobody by taking it into use.

• The theory allows people to homestead unowned resources.
• She argued that using the land had homesteaded it.
• Can someone homestead a scarce resource without excluding others?

Sinónimos: appropriate, claim

Expresiones frecuentes: homestead a resource, homestead unowned property