Re: [ranchos] Re: What is a Rancho???

[Alicia Carrillo <alliecar@...>]

Victor,

 

You are correct in your translation, however at least in our region and I think that maybe in the other rural towns a rancho as the locals call it can be the one house with it's small plot of land. When we went in September you travelled down the dirt roads on the outskirts of town and every little house had it's own name such as La Palma, La Trinidad, El Monte De Duranes etc.

I have talked to some of the local elders and they said that in the past most Ranchos had more than one dwelling with multiple families in each Rancho, but now many of the previous Ranchos are abandoned as most everyone has left to live en El Norte con los guerros.

 

Joseph, I guess just like the foods of Mexico it's all regional, in some areas a Rancho is a big ranch and in some areas it can be a little cottage.

 

Alicia

Victor Villarreal <vela_este@...> wrote:

> Literaly, rancho translates as ranch or farm.  
>
>
> --- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Joseph Puentes <makas@n...> wrote:
> > 
> > What would the English equivelent of a rancho be????
> > 
> > I think of it as a small, small community as in a large neighborhood.
> > 
> > what are others thoughts on this?
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > joseph