Etymology

finta

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Today it means: A yearly synagogue membership fee (in Western Sephardic communities) Full definition →

Spanish finta ← Portuguese finta ← Latin finita
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  1. Latinfinita
  2. Portuguesefinta
  3. Spanishfinta
  4. English todayfinta

Borrowed from Spanish finta.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.