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payés

Catalan peasant farmer

noun pah-YEHS Rare

Usage Note

Payés refers specifically to a traditional Catalan smallholder farmer, deeply tied to the cultural identity of Catalonia. The feminine form is payesa. The term is rarely used outside Catalan-speaking regions.

Examples

"El payés cultivaba su tierra con esmero."

Natural Translation

The peasant farmer tended his land with care.

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