[fah-ey-nuh] 
| the final third of a bullfight in which the matador uses a muleta and the sword in making the final series of passes preparatory to the kill. |
| fa·e·na (fä-ā'nä) n. The series of final passes performed by a matador preparatory to killing a bull in a bullfight. [Spanish, manual labor, from Catalan feyna, from Latin facienda, things to be done, neuter pl. gerundive of facere, to do; see fact.] |