finca

See also: fincá

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish finca in the late 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪŋkə/

Noun

finca (plural fincas)

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

Asturian

Etymology

Deverbal from fincar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfinka/ [ˈfiŋ.ka]
• Rhymes: -inka
• Syllabification: fin‧ca

Noun

finca f (plural finques)

1. real estate, especially a rural one
2. (Asturian bowling) first bowl in the left row closer to the smallest bowl (biche), which, if hit, nullifies the throw
3. (Asturian bowling) null throw
4. (archaic) emphasis

   facer finca en ― to put emphasis on

   • 1789, Xosefa Xovellanos, Preparativos pa la proclamación de Carlos IV n'Uvieo‎^[1]:

     Ñin me puedo allegrare, ñin ye posible
     Q'afaye suelu, ñin en que fer finca.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Adjective

finca m sg (feminine singular finca, neuter singular finco, masculine plural fincos, feminine plural finques)

1. (Asturian bowling, of a throw) null, invalid

Further reading

• “finca”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “finca”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish finca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈfiŋ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [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, 2026
• “finca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “finca”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Verb

finca

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

Italian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfĩ.kɐ/

• (Portugal) 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

finca rústica

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
• → English: 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