Hacienda vs. Casita — What's the Difference?

A hacienda (UK: or US: ; Spanish: [aˈθjenda] or [aˈsjenda]), in the colonies of the Spanish Empire, is an estate (or finca), similar to a Roman latifundium. Some haciendas were plantations, mines or factories.

A small, attached but self-contained house or apartment

A large estate in a Spanish-speaking region.

The house of the owner of such an estate.

A large homestead in a ranch or estate usually in places where Colonial Spanish culture has had architectural influence.

A large estate where work of any kind is done, as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals; a cultivated farm, with a good house, in distinction from a farming establishment with rude huts for herdsmen, etc.; - a word used in Spanish-American regions.

The main residence of a hacienda{1}.

A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries

The main house on a ranch or large estate