hazaña

Meaning

feat; deed

Concepts

feat

exploit

performance

achievement

tour de force

deed

accomplishment

attainment

effort

executions

doing

derring-do

action

realisation

stunt

act

triumph

😤

Synonyms

proeza

logro

maravilla

solemne

acabamiento

logros

gesta

consecución

admirable cosa

potencia

realización

Translations

exploit

façanha

gesta

verwezenlijking

κατόρθωμα

feito

Leistung

Heldentat

impresa

άθλος

prestatie

επίτευγμα

haut fait

prouesse

Hyphenated as

ha‧za‧ña

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aˈθaɲa/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish: fazaña, façaña

Cognate with Portuguese: façanha

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish fazaña, façaña, from Arabic حَسَنَة (ḥasana, “good deed, alms”), via Andalusian Arabic. Cognate with Portuguese façanha (which may be a borrowing from Hispano-Romance anyway). Coromines and Pascual suggest influence of Old Spanish fazer, from Latin facere. Such a derivation would help explain the voiced /dz/ of the Old Spanish term, already attested with -z- in the 12th and 13th centuries, including its first attestation by 1150.