faena
Spanish, noun
faena is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “task, job; duty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of faenar. With an accent, faená is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of faenar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción que debe realizarse para una finalidad determinada, como oficio de alguien, o como parte de un proceso…”.
What does faena mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetask, job; duty
- 2
femininecompulsory labour or work
- 3
femininestruggle
- 4
femininedirty trick
- 5
femininepity; shame
- 6
femininefaena (series of passes performed by a matador with cape or sword before the kill)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of faenar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción que debe realizarse para una finalidad determinada, como oficio de alguien, o como parte de un proceso o procedimiento. 2. Acción o efecto de matar reses o ganado, faenar. 3. Situación desagradable e inesperada que se produce a causa de la acción de alguien contra otros. 4. Cada una de las posiciones y operaciones que se efectúan con el toro en la arena.
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 faena
- faenas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to faena
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is faena in Spanish?
faena appears 2.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).