Fazenda's a Portuguese word for 'farm', but's sometimes used in the English language for the coffee estates that spread within the interior of Brazil between 1840 and 1896, which created major export commodities for Brazilian trade, but also led to intensification of slavery in Brazil. Creation of fazendas In the mid 1800s, Brazil had been undergoing an economic transformation brought about by a new export crop: coffee. Coffee provided a new basis for agricultural expansion in southern Brazil.… (More on Fazenda)