fazenda

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Etymology

Portuguese fazenda (“farm”). Doublet of hacienda and faena.

Noun

fazenda (plural fazendas)

  1. A Brazilian plantation, often associated with slavery during the colonial period.
    • 1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World‎[1]:
      In his hospitable fazenda we spent our time until the day when we were empowered to open the letter of instructions given to us by Professor Challenger.

Translations

French

Noun

fazenda f (plural fazendas)

  1. fazenda

Further reading

Portuguese

Fazenda de milho em São Paulo. — Maize farm in São Paulo.

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fazenda, from Latin facienda, form of faciendus (“which is to do”), from faciō (“do, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”). Cognate with Spanish hacienda.

Pronunciation

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Noun

fazenda f (plural fazendas)

  1. farm (a place where agricultural activities take place)
    Synonyms: lavoura, quinta, chácara; see also Thesaurus:lavoura
  2. (economics) public finances
    Synonyms: verba, renda, finanças
    Ministério da Fazenda ― Ministry of Public Finances
  3. a cloth
    Synonyms: tecido, pano

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Kadiwéu: bajeenda
  • Russian: фазенда (fazenda)

Further reading

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