Los campesinos de ese pueblo están orgullosos de su trabajo en el campo.

The farmers from that town are proud of their work in the fields.

Breakdown of Los campesinos de ese pueblo están orgullosos de su trabajo en el campo.

• en: in
• estar: to be
• de: of
• el trabajo: the work

Questions & Answers about Los campesinos de ese pueblo están orgullosos de su trabajo en el campo.

Why does the sentence start with “Los campesinos” instead of just “Campesinos”?

In Spanish, you almost always use an article (like el, la, los, las) before a noun, even when speaking generally about a group.

• Los campesinos de ese pueblo…
  = The peasants / farm workers from that town…

If you said just “Campesinos de ese pueblo están orgullosos…”, it would sound incomplete or ungrammatical in standard Spanish.

So:

• Los campesinos trabajan mucho.
  = Farm workers work hard. (general statement)

The definite article “los” helps mark the group you’re talking about, often used for whole categories or groups of people.

What exactly does “campesinos” mean? Is it the same as “farmers”?

Campesino literally means someone from el campo (the countryside), but it usually refers to:

• small-scale farmers
• rural farm workers or peasants
• people living and working in the countryside, often with modest means

In many parts of Latin America, campesino can have social and cultural connotations: it can be a neutral or even positive identity word, but depending on tone/context, it can also sound class-based (like peasant).

Compare:

• campesino – rural worker / small farmer / peasant
• granjero – farmer (more like the owner or manager of a farm; used less frequently in some Latin American regions)

So “Los campesinos de ese pueblo” is closer in feel to “The farm workers / peasant farmers from that village” than to big, industrial “farmers.”