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
- IPA(key): /fa.zɑ̃.da/
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 Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “fazenda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025