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

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.
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