faxina

Portuguese

Mulheres fazendo faxina (3)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈʃĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈʃĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈʃi.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐˈʃi.nɐ/

• Rhymes: -inɐ
• Hyphenation: fa‧xi‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian fascina.

Noun

faxina f (plural faxinas)

1. fascine (cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood)
2. faggot (bundle of brushwood)
3. cleaning of an environment, specially a domestic one
4. (military) fatigue duty

Derived terms

• faxinal
• faxinar
• faxineiro

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

faxina

1. inflection of faxinar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “faxina”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “faxina”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024