faena
Meaning
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- (feminine) task, job; duty
- (Latin-America, feminine) compulsory labour or work
- (feminine) struggle
- (feminine) dirty trick
- (feminine) pity; shame
- (feminine) faena (series of passes performed by a matador with cape or sword before the kill)
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Hyphenated as
fa‧e‧na
Pronounced as (IPA)
/faˈena/
Etymology
In summary
From Old Catalan faena (“task, chore”) (modern Catalan feina), from Latin facienda (“things to do”), from faciō. Compare Portuguese faina. Doublet of hacienda.
New
faenar
- (transitive) to slaughter (animals)
- (intransitive) to labor, toil
- (intransitive) to fish
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