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faena

French, noun/fa.e.na/

faena is a French feminine noun meaning “faena” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Troisième acte (tercio) d'une corrida, série de passe avec la cape (ou muleta) avant la mise à mort (ou…”.

What does faena mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefaena

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Troisième acte (tercio) d'une corrida, série de passe avec la cape (ou muleta) avant la mise à mort (ou estocade) du taureau.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of faena

  • faenas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce faena?

  • /fa.e.na/
  • \fa.e.na\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to faena

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is faena in French?

faena appears about once in every 29 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).