fecho fazanoso

English translation: great feat

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Spanish term or phrase:fecho fazanoso
English translation:great feat
Entered by: yolanda Speece

18:53 Mar 4, 2015
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Spanish term or phrase: fecho fazanoso
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.
yolanda Speece
Local time: 06:27
great feat
Explanation:
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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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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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 12:27
Grading comment
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!
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1 +3great feat
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +3
great feat


Explanation:
Am guessing, based on the similarities of the words to modern-day Spanish "hecho" and "hazaña"...

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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...

neilmac
Spain
Local time: 12:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: Yes indeedy. Your instincts do not lead you astray. Fazañoso means heroic, more or less.
2 hrs
  -> Fank thee muchly ;)

agree  Robert Forstag
3 hrs
  -> Cheers RF :)

agree  lugoben
1 day 8 hrs
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