Polyglot Dictionary

faena

/faˈena/

la noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
las faenas

Meaning

  1. task, job

    • Terminó la faena del campo.

      He finished the field work.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

curro

Close, but a register difference — faena is the neutral word for "task, job," curro is informal (Spain).

Similar in other languages

English

project

Close — a task relates to a project.

Portuguese

afazer

Close — a task, job relates to a chore.

Practice

1 What does faena mean?

2 Fill the gap: Terminó la ___ del campo.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches faena?

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