facultad
faculty
noun fah-kool-TAHD Less Common
Origin: From Latin facultas.
Also means
ability
Usage Note
Facultad has two common senses: a department or school within a university (la Facultad de Derecho = 'the Law School'), and a natural ability or power (facultad mental = 'mental faculty'). In Spain it frequently stands alone to mean 'the university building' for a given discipline.
Examples
"Estudia en la Facultad de Medicina."
Natural Translation
She studies at the Faculty of Medicine.
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