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Spanish term or phrase:
fecho fazanoso
English translation:
great feat
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yolanda Speece
Mar 4, 2015 18:53
9 yrs ago
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Efficiency and effectiveness!!!
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Someone pointed out earlier on a related post that this is Ladino. It is about a prince and Moor who are captured by the enemy and they are in a king's castle. They are trying to escape.
Porque tu fincas marrido, you fago preitesia, que si la merced de mi rey me ocurre, he de facer un fecho fazanoso.
Porque tu fincas marrido, you fago preitesia, que si la merced de mi rey me ocurre, he de facer un fecho fazanoso.
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great feat
Am guessing, based on the similarities of the words to modern-day Spanish "hecho" and "hazaña"...
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hazaña f
a (acción heróica) great o heroic deed, exploit
b (acción que requiere gran esfuerzo) feat, achievement; ha sido toda una hazaña aprobar el examen passing the exam was quite a feat o an achievement
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DRAE: fazaña.1. f. ant. hazaña.
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Note added at 10 mins (2015-03-04 19:04:45 GMT)
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DRAE: fecho, cha.(Del lat. factus)....
3. m. ant. Acción, hecho o hazaña.
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Note added at 14 mins (2015-03-04 19:08:27 GMT)
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"I must perform a great feat"...
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Note added at 1 day23 hrs (2015-03-06 18:45:42 GMT) Post-grading
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http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/derring...
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Note added at 7 mins (2015-03-04 19:01:43 GMT)
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hazaña f
a (acción heróica) great o heroic deed, exploit
b (acción que requiere gran esfuerzo) feat, achievement; ha sido toda una hazaña aprobar el examen passing the exam was quite a feat o an achievement
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Note added at 9 mins (2015-03-04 19:03:10 GMT)
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DRAE: fazaña.1. f. ant. hazaña.
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Note added at 10 mins (2015-03-04 19:04:45 GMT)
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DRAE: fecho, cha.(Del lat. factus)....
3. m. ant. Acción, hecho o hazaña.
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Note added at 14 mins (2015-03-04 19:08:27 GMT)
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"I must perform a great feat"...
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Note added at 1 day23 hrs (2015-03-06 18:45:42 GMT) Post-grading
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http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/derring...
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