finca

[ fing-kuh; Spanish feeng-kah ]

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noun,plural fin·cas

[fing-kuhz; Spanish feeng-kahs]. /ˈfɪŋ kəz; Spanish ˈfiŋ kɑs/.

a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.

Origin of finca

First recorded in 1905–10; from Spanish: literally, “property, real estate, farm” (apparently originally, “amount left over”; hence, “a sum of money,” becoming “income from a property,” finally becoming “the property (itself),” derivative of Old Spanish fincar “to remain,” stative derivative of fincar (Spanish hincar ) “to drive in, fix, sink (a nail),” alteration of ficar (from unattested Vulgar Latin fīgicāre, for Latin fīgere “to fasten”), with -n- perhaps from dialect finsar “to mark out” (ultimately from Medieval Latin fīxāre; cf. fix,fichu)

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How to use finca in a sentence

Today, the amiable Martin lives where he was born—down the road from the Castro family finca in Birán.
Castro Family Values | A. L. Bardach | September 20, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
But the only actual feature which we could see and recognize was the little coffee finca this side of Zautla.
In Indian Mexico (1908) | Frederick Starr
Having passed a small pueblo, or large finca, lying in a little plain below us, we looked down upon Zinacantan.
In Indian Mexico (1908) | Frederick Starr
Trinidad is little more than a finca, or rancho, but it has an agente, and quite a population of Chol indians.
In Indian Mexico (1908) | Frederick Starr
Our arrieros avoided the little towns, and selected a camp site on the roadside near the finca Rodadero.
Inca Land | Hiram Bingham

When they start the finca there is a feast, mucho talk and drinky.
Kit Musgrave's Luck | Harold Bindloss

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