finca
See also: fincá
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish finca in the late 19th century.
Noun
finca (plural fincas)
- A country estate, farm or ranch in Spain or Hispanic America.
Catalan
Etymology
From Spanish finca.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈfiŋ.kə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈfiŋ.ka/
Noun
finca f (plural finques)
- 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, 2023
- “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.
Italian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfin.ka/
- Rhymes: -inka
- Hyphenation: fìn‧ca
Noun
finca f (plural finche)
- column (in a table or register)
Related terms
- fincatura
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfĩ.kɐ/
- Hyphenation: fin‧ca
Verb
finca
- inflection of fincar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
finca rústica
Etymology
From fincar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfinka/ [ˈfĩŋ.ka]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -inka
- Syllabification: fin‧ca
Noun
finca f (plural fincas)
- real estate (typically rural and surrounding land but also urban)
- Synonym: bien inmueble
- farm
- Synonym: hacienda
Derived terms
- finquero
Descendants
- → Catalan: finca
Verb
finca
- inflection of fincar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “finca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
finca on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es