finca

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(fingkə; Sp. fēngkä)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
fin•ca  (fingkə; Sp. fēngkä),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cas (-kəz; Sp. -käs).USA pronunciation 
  1. a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, esp. a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
  • *fīxāre; see fix)
  • Vulgar Latin *fīgicāre, for Latin fīgere; compare fichu), with -n- perh. from dialect, dialectal finsar to mark out (ultimately
  • Spanish: property, real estate, farm (apparently origin, originally, 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 (
  • 1905–10

'finca' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Forum discussions with the word(s) "finca" in the title:


Look up "finca" at Merriam-Webster
Look up "finca" at dictionary.com
  • Go to Preferences page and choose from different actions for taps or mouse clicks.

In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | Romanian | German | Dutch | Swedish | Russian | Polish | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Advertisements
Advertisements
Report an inappropriate ad.
WordReference.com
WORD OF THE DAY
GET THE DAILY EMAIL!