facenda

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fazenda, from Latin faciendus. Cognate with Portuguese fazenda and Spanish hacienda.

Pronunciation

Noun

facenda f (plural facendas)

  1. (formal) possessions, wealth, fortune, heirloom
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 297:
      cata ben tua fazẽda, de tal maneyra que todos digã que de bon padre que seýo bon fillo
      take good care of your fortune, so that everyone says that of a good father came a good son
    • 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
    • 1853, Xoán Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega, page 4:
      A facenda no monte vai pastando
      cattle graze in the wild
  3. (archaic) business, affair
  4. (euphemistic) bollocks, family jewels

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