labranza

Spanish

Etymology

From labrar (“to plough”) +‎ -anza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈbɾanθa/ [laˈβ̞ɾãn̟.θa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /laˈbɾansa/ [laˈβ̞ɾãn.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -anθa (Spain)
• Rhymes: -ansa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: la‧bran‧za

Noun

labranza f (plural labranzas)

1. farm
2. farmland
3. farming (business of cultivating land)

Further reading

• “labranza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025