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单词 finca
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Definition of finca in English:

finca

noun ˈfɪŋkəˈfiNGkə
  • (in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries) a country estate; a ranch.

    (西班牙及西班牙语国家的)庄园;大牧场(或农场)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Today, tourism has moved out of its ghettoes, with fincas, farmhouses and stone cottages reimagined as hotels and villas.
    • We're taking city breaks, spa breaks and walking holidays; we're visiting vineyards and art galleries, playing golf and learning tennis; and we're staying in mountain lodges, converted farmhouses and restored fincas.
    • Initial daydreams of a little finca close to a Spanish beach were destroyed by the cost of even the grimmest coastal properties.
    • In Guatemala, by nightfall on April 17th indigenous peasant organizations had occupied 14 fincas (private land holdings) covering over 5,076 hectares.
    • If you require an unusual type of property, such as an original chateau or finca in an out of the way location, then what you will find on such a trip is very unlikely to suit.

Origin

Early 20th century: from Spanish, from fincar 'cultivate', perhaps from Latin figere 'fix, fasten, plant'.

Rhymes

blinker, clinker, drinker, freethinker, Glinka, Inca, inker, jinker, shrinker, sinker, Soyinka, stinker, stotinka, thinker, tinker, Treblinka, winker

Definition of finca in US English:

finca

nounˈfiNGkə
  • (in Spanish-speaking regions) a country estate; a ranch.

    (西班牙及西班牙语国家的)庄园;大牧场(或农场)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Today, tourism has moved out of its ghettoes, with fincas, farmhouses and stone cottages reimagined as hotels and villas.
    • We're taking city breaks, spa breaks and walking holidays; we're visiting vineyards and art galleries, playing golf and learning tennis; and we're staying in mountain lodges, converted farmhouses and restored fincas.
    • In Guatemala, by nightfall on April 17th indigenous peasant organizations had occupied 14 fincas (private land holdings) covering over 5,076 hectares.
    • If you require an unusual type of property, such as an original chateau or finca in an out of the way location, then what you will find on such a trip is very unlikely to suit.
    • Initial daydreams of a little finca close to a Spanish beach were destroyed by the cost of even the grimmest coastal properties.

Origin

Early 20th century: from Spanish, from fincar ‘cultivate’, perhaps from Latin figere ‘fix, fasten, plant’.

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