facenda

facenda

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese fazenda, from Latin faciendus. Cognate with Portuguese fazenda and Spanish hacienda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈθenda̝/

Noun

facenda f (plural facendas)

1. (formal) possessions, wealth
   • 1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes o proverbios en romance:

     A fazenda do crego, da a Deus, e leua a o demo

     The priest's wealth, God gives it, Devil takes it away

2. cattle and animals belonging to a house, family or neighbour
3. (archaic) business, affair
4. (euphemistic) bollocks, family jewels

Related terms

• facer
• fachenda

References

• “fazenda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “fazenda” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “facenda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “facenda” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “facenda” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.