façanha

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese façanna, from Old Spanish fazaña,^[1] of disputed origin. Suggested derivations include:

Andalusian Arabic حَسَنَة (ḥasana) with influence of facer (“to do”), from Arabic حَسَنَة (ḥasana, “good deed”)^[2]
from a form of facer (“to do”),^[3] specifically:
- Old Spanish faciana^[4]
- Vulgar Latin *facinus^[5]
- Vulgar Latin *facianea, reportedly attested as fazania^[6]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈsɐ̃.ɲɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈsɐ.ɲa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐˈsɐ.ɲɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐˈsa.ɲɐ/

Audio (Brazil): (file)
Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐɲɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃ɲɐ
Hyphenation: fa‧ça‧nha

Noun

façanha f (plural façanhas)

feat, achievement; deed (rare or difficult accomplishment)
Synonyms: feito, proeza
- 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “O menino mais novo [The Younger Son]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives]‎, Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 70:
  Não se conformando com semelhante indifferença depois da façanha do pae, o menino foi accordar Baleia, que preguiçava, a barriguinha vermelha descoberta, sem vergonha.
  Unwilling to accept such indifference after his father’s feat, the boy went to wake up Baleia, who was lounging lazily, her little red belly exposed, shamelessly.
prowess (distinguished bravery or courage)
Synonym: proeza

References

^ Antenor Nascentes (1955) “façanha”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa [Portuguese language etymological dictionary] (in Portuguese), 2nd edition, volume I, Rio de Janeiro: Livraria Acadêmica, page 245, column 1
^ “hazaña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
^ Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “façanha”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German)
^ Nascentes, citing the Diccionario de la lengua castellana por la Real Academia Española, 15^th edition (1925)
^ Nascentes, citing Francisco Adolfo Coelho, Dicionário manual etimológico da língua portuguesa (1890)
^ Nascentes, citing A. A. Cortesão, Subsídios para um dicionário completo (histórico-etimológico) da língua portuguesa (1900)

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