finca

Example Sentences

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“But this was in the countryside, in a finca, in La Vega, Manguito. And ever since then I have dreamed a lot about flying.”

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2023

With those few fat years came a move to Vashon Island, thinking that might satisfy my search for a finca, an escape.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 4, 2021

In the first chapter, Basch and Berry are staying at their Costa Rican finca, and Basch requires stitches from a Tica physician.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 25, 2019

At the finca, scholars say, Hemingway put final touches on "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and penned his comeback, Pulitzer-winning and Nobel-clinching Cuban fisherman's saga, "The Old Man and the Sea," among other works.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2018

“Oh, I’ve known a few. Yes. A few. You know, it’s an Americano that owns the finca back there.”

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago