finca

See also: fincá

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish finca in the late 19th century.

Noun

finca (plural fincas)

1. A country estate, farm or ranch in Spain or Hispanic America.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Spanish finca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfiŋ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfiŋ.ka]

Noun

finca f (plural finques)

1. farm or other rural land

Further reading

• “finca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “finca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “finca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “finca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Italian

Etymology

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Noun

finca f (plural finche)

1. column (in a table or register)

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Portuguese

Verb

finca

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Spanish

finca rústica

Etymology

From fincar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfinka/ [ˈfĩŋ.ka]

Noun

finca f (plural fincas)

1. real estate (typically rural and surrounding land but also urban)
2. farm

Synonyms

• (real estate): bien inmueble
• (farm): hacienda

Descendants

• → Catalan: finca

Further reading

• “finca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014