fazenda
English
Etymology
Portuguese fazenda (“farm”). Doublet of hacienda and faena.
Noun
fazenda (plural fazendas)
- A Brazilian plantation, often associated with slavery during the colonial period.
- 1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World:
- 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.
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Translations
a Brazilian plantation
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French
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fa.zɑ̃.da/
Noun
fazenda f (plural fazendas)
- fazenda
Further reading
- “fazenda”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old 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
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /faˈzẽ.dɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /faˈzẽ.da/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fɐˈzẽ.dɐ/
Noun
fazenda f (plural fazendas)
- farm (a place where agricultural activities take place)
- Synonyms: lavoura, quinta, chácara; see also Thesaurus:lavoura
- (economics) public finances
- Synonyms: verba, renda, finanças
- Ministério da Fazenda ― Ministry of Public Finances
- a cloth
- Synonyms: tecido, pano
Derived terms
- fazendeiro
- fazendista
Related terms
- afazendar-se
- fazendário
- fazer
Descendants
- Kadiwéu: bajeenda
- Russian: фазенда (fazenda)
Further reading
- fazenda on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt