fazenda

noun fah-ZEN-dah Rare

Origin: From Portuguese fazenda (estate, farm), from Latin facienda (things to be done).

Also means

large farm (Brazil)

Usage Note

Fazenda refers specifically to a large Brazilian agricultural estate, equivalent to a hacienda in Spanish-speaking countries. In Italian it is used as a loanword when discussing Brazilian agriculture, history, or culture; it is not used for Italian farms. The plural is fazende.

Examples

"La fazenda produceva migliaia di tonnellate di caffè."

Natural Translation

The fazenda produced thousands of tonnes of coffee.

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