repartimiento
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Spanish repartir (“to divide”).
Noun
[edit]repartimiento (plural repartimientos)
- (historical) A partition or distribution, especially of slaves.
- 1831, Washington Irving, Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus, John Murray, pages 283–284:
- He could not withstand these sneers, but resigned his appointment, and remained in the island as a private individual; establishing himself in a village where he had a large repartimiento or allotment of Indians assigned to him by a grant from the king.
- (historical) An assessment of taxes.
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]repartimiento m (plural repartimientos)
Further reading
[edit]- “repartimiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10