faena
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish faena. Doublet of hacienda and fazenda.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfaena (plural faenas)
- (bullfighting) A series of passes performed by a matador with a muleta or a sword before the kill.
- 2013, James A. Michener, Iberia, Dial Press, →ISBN, page 736:
- Faena is the vital third act in which the matador exhibits his skill with the muleta. Tradition requires that during the faena he keep his sword in his right hand, which usually also holds the muleta. Experts judge that the excellence of any single fight depends about sixty to seventy percent on the faena, which can excuse poor work elsewhere.
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editNoun
editfaena f (plural faenas)
Latin
editNoun
editfaena
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Catalan faena (“task, chore”) (modern Catalan feina), from Latin facienda (“things to do”), from faciō. Compare Portuguese faina. Doublet of hacienda.
Noun
editfaena f (plural faenas)
- task, job; duty
- (Latin America) compulsory labour or work
- Synonym: quehacer
- struggle
- dirty trick
- pity; shame
- (bullfighting) faena (series of passes performed by a matador with cape or sword before the kill)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editfaena
- inflection of faenar:
Further reading
edit- “faena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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