hazaña

Spanish

Alternative forms

fazaña (obsolete)

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic حَسَانَّة‎ (hasánna), from Arabic حَسَنَة‎ (ḥasana, “[good] deed, alms”), from the root ح س ن‎ (ḥ-s-n). Corominas suggests influence of hacer or Latin facere.

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /aˈθaɲa/

(Latin America) IPA^(key): /aˈsaɲa/

Noun

hazaña f (plural hazañas)

feat; deed

Further reading

“hazaña” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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