facho
See also: fachó
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa.ʃo/
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Adjective
facho (plural fachos)
- (slang) fascist, right-wing
Noun
facho m or f by sense (plural fachos)
- (slang) fascist, right-winger
Galician
fachos ("torches"): Festa dos fachós, Castro Caldelas, Galicia
Sentry used to man and keep the firewood in the Facho de Donón, Galicia
Etymology
From facha, from Vulgar Latin *fascula, from facula (“small torch”) crossed with fascis (“bundle”).[1] Compare Portuguese facho.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfat͡ʃo̝/
Noun
facho m (plural fachos)
- torch made from a bunch or faggot of straw
- Synonyms: facha, fachuzo
- (dated) beacon usually placed atop mountains and hills, and used to warn the locals of the proximity of an enemy
- Synonym: brandariz
Derived terms
- facheiro
- Facho
- fachó (diminutive)
- Monte do Facho
References
- “facha” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “facho” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “facho” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “facho” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “hacha I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *fascŭlo, from fax,făcis (“small torch”). Compare Galician facho.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfa.ʃu/
- Rhymes: -aʃu
Noun
facho m (plural fachos)
- torch
- beam
- Synonym: raio
- (Portugal, colloquial, derogatory) fascist
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfat͡ʃo/ [ˈfa.t͡ʃo]
- Rhymes: -atʃo
- Syllabification: fa‧cho
Noun
facho m (plural fachos)
- (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, slang, Internet) fascist, fash
- Synonym: (Spain) facha
- (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, by extension, slang, Internet) a conservative right-winger
Verb
facho
- first-person singular present indicative of fachar
Further reading
- “facho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014