1. Large estates or farms, especially in Latin America or southern Europe, typically worked by tenant farmers or laborers.
Usage: Usually plural; borrowed from Spanish/Portuguese; Often used in historical or socioeconomic contexts

Examples

• The latifundios of colonial Latin America were worked by enslaved and indigenous populations.
• Land reform efforts sought to break up the latifundios and distribute property to peasants.
• Many latifundios in southern Spain date back to the medieval period.
• The concentration of wealth in latifundios created significant social inequality.
• Agricultural modernization on latifundios increased crop yields dramatically.