fazenda

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/fəˈzɛndə/

noun

A Brazilian plantation, often associated with slavery during the colonial period.

OriginPortuguese fazenda →
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Meanings

nounfazenda (plural fazendas)

plural fazendas

  1. A Brazilian plantation, often associated with slavery during the colonial period.

    In his hospitable fazenda we spent our time until the day when we were empowered to open the letter of instructions given to us by Professor Challenger.

    1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Portuguesefazenda“farm”
  2. Englishfazenda

Borrowed from Portuguese fazenda (“farm”). Doublet of hacienda and faena.

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Translations

Portuguese fazenda
  • fazendaa Brazilian plantation
Russian фазе́нда
  • фазе́нда (fazénda)a Brazilian plantation
Cite this entry
APA

fazenda. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fazenda

MLA

“fazenda.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fazenda. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fazenda,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fazenda.

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