faenar
Spanish, verb/faeˈnaɾ/
faenar is a Spanish verb meaning “to slaughter (animals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sacrificar animales, generalmente ganado, y prepararlos para el consumo humano”.
What does faenar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to slaughter (animals)
- 2
to labor, toil
- 3
to fish
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Sacrificar animales, generalmente ganado, y prepararlos para el consumo humano.
verb: 1. Realizar los trabajos relacionados con la pesca en el mar o con la marinería. 2. Dedicarse a la actividad física o mental que se tiene como ocupación o base del sustento para ganarse la vida.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of faenar
- faeno first-person present singular
- faené first-person preterite singular
- faenado participle past
- faenando gerund
- faenada feminine participle past
- faenados masculine participle past
- faenadas feminine participle past
- faenas indicative informal present
- faenás indicative informal present
- faena indicative present singular
- faenamos first-person indicative plural
- faenáis indicative plural present
- faenan indicative plural present
- faenaba first-person imperfect indicative
- faenabas imperfect indicative second-person
- faenábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- faenabais imperfect indicative plural
- faenaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce faenar?
- /faeˈnaɾ/
- [fa.eˈnaɾ]
- [faeˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is faenar in Spanish?
faenar appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).