fazenda
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese fazenda (“farm”). Doublet of hacienda and faena.
Noun
fazenda (plural fazendas)
- A Brazilian plantation, often associated with slavery during the colonial period.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- 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
Pronunciation
Noun
fazenda f (plural fazendas)
Further reading
- “fazenda”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
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. Doublet of faina.
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
Derived terms
- fazendeiro
- fazendista
Related terms
Descendants
- Kadiwéu: bajeenda
- Russian: фазенда (fazenda)
Further reading
- fazenda on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
- “fazenda”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “fazenda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025