finca
Americannoun
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fincas
plural
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Etymology
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 ( def. ) )
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Also look for a pink bourbon variety coffee from finca Sierra Morena in Colombia, “gracefully tart.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2024
“But this was in the countryside, in a finca, in La Vega, Manguito. And ever since then I have dreamed a lot about flying.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
The finca is on our minds all the time.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 4, 2021
In the first chapter, Basch and Berry are staying at their Costa Rican finca, and Basch requires stitches from a Tica physician.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 25, 2019
She didn’t say any more, and I took the shortcut home, through the yucca plants, past the barren mango tree at the edge of Lalao’s finca.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
During his time in office, Arbenz emerged as the owner of a $3,000,000 cotton plantation; his Interior Minister turned into a gentleman-farmer with two coffee fincas; another pal acquired two mansions.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some of his 50-odd cattle ranches and 45 coffee fincas he got by "smart buying."
From Time Magazine Archive
However, a reasonable amount of capital in the beginning is necessary and many investors possessing the capital prefer to buy fincas or plantations that are already producing.
From Guatemala, the country of the future by Charles M. Pepper
But go back now to your fincas and your fishing, to your little stores and your humble homes, firmly resolving never to think a bad thought, whether about yourself or your neighbor.
From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking
Some of the largest coffee fincas of Guatemala lie along this road, producing annually to hundreds of thousands in gold.
From Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond by Harry Alverson Franck
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