facho

See also: fachó

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.ʃo/
  • (file)

Adjective

facho (plural fachos)

  1. (slang) fascist, right-wing

Noun

facho m or f by sense (plural fachos)

  1. (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)

  1. torch made from a bunch or faggot of straw
    Synonyms: facha, fachuzo
  2. (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.
  1. 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)

  1. torch
  2. beam
    Synonym: raio
  3. (Portugal, colloquial, derogatory) fascist

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfat͡ʃo/ [ˈfa.t͡ʃo]
  • Rhymes: -atʃo
  • Syllabification: fa‧cho

Noun

facho m (plural fachos)

  1. (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, slang, Internet) fascist, fash
    Synonym: (Spain) facha
  2. (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, by extension, slang, Internet) a conservative right-winger

Verb

facho

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fachar

Further reading

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