Noun: facenda
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | facenda |
| Plural f | facendas |
Sample Sentences
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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) [1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 297:]
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A fazenda do crego, da a Deus, e leua a o demo (The priest's wealth: God gives it, Devil takes it away) [1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes o proverbios en romance:]
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A facenda no monte vai pastando ([family's] cattle graze in the wild) [1853, Xoán Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega, page 4:]
Nouns inflected like facenda
sedela,
semana,
estimulación,
sabela,
saboga,
sandía,
juventude,
difusión,
estremonía,
souria,
somana,
soneca,
soncha,
sirena,
expresión,
ordenança,
cobertura,
homosexualización,
ringleira,
comedela, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese fazenda, from Latin faciendus. Cognate with Portuguese fazenda and Spanish hacienda. See: Latin Nouns '
faciendus', Portuguese Nouns '
fazenda', Spanish Nouns '
hacienda'.
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