finca

See also: fincá

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish finca in the late 19th century.

Noun

finca (plural fincas)

1. A country estate, farm or ranch in Spain or Hispanic America.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish finca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfiŋ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfiŋ.ka]

Noun

finca f (plural finques)

1. farm or other rural land

Further reading

• “finca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “finca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “finca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “finca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Verb

finca

1. inflection of fincar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfin.ka/
• Rhymes: -inka
• Hyphenation: fìn‧ca

Noun

finca f (plural finche)

1. column (in a table or register)

Related terms

• fincatura

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfĩ.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: fin‧ca

Etymology 1

Adjective

finca

1. feminine singular of finco

Etymology 2

Verb

finca

1. inflection of fincar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfinka/ [ˈfĩŋ.ka]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -inka
• Syllabification: fin‧ca

Etymology 1

Deverbal from fincar.

Noun

finca f (plural fincas)

1. real estate (typically rural and surrounding land but also urban)

   Synonym: bien inmueble

2. farm

   Synonyms: fundo, hacienda

Derived terms

• fincar (2)
• finquero

Descendants

• → Catalan: finca

Etymology 2

Verb

finca

1. inflection of fincar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “finca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• finca on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es