facenda

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-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, 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

     [family's] cattle graze in the wild

3. (archaic) business, affair
4. (euphemistic) bollocks, family jewels

Related terms

• facer
• fachenda

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fazenda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fazenda”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “facenda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “facenda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “facenda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN