finca
[ fing-kuh; Spanish feeng-kah ]
/ ˈfɪŋ kə; Spanish ˈfiŋ kɑ /
noun, plural fin·cas [fing-kuh z; 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
1905–10; < Spanish: property, real estate, farm (apparently orig., amount left over; hence, a sum of money > income from a property > 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 (< Vulgar Latin
*fīgicāre, for Latin
fīgere; cf.
fichu), with
-n- perhaps from dial.
finsar to mark out (ultimately <
*fīxāre; see
fix)
Words nearby finca
financing,
financing gap,
financière,
finasteride,
finback,
finca,
finch,
finchley,
find,
find fault,
find it in one's heart