1. a large estate or plantation, especially in Latin America, typically worked by laborers or tenants
Usage: historical; Latin American context

Examples

• The wealthy family owned a vast latifundio that stretched across several valleys.
• Land reform movements sought to break up the traditional latifundio system.
• Workers on the latifundio lived in poor conditions despite the owner’s wealth.
• The government redistributed parts of the latifundio to small farmers.
• Coffee production on the latifundio employed hundreds of seasonal workers.
• The latifundio system concentrated land ownership in the hands of a few elite families.