facho

See also: fachó

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.ʃo/

• Audio:

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Adjective

facho (plural fachos)

1. (slang, derogatory) fashy (relating to fascism)

Noun

facho m or f by sense (plural fachos)

1. (slang, derogatory) fash (a fascist or member of the far-right)

Galician

Festa dos fachós (sense 1), Castro Caldelas, Galicia

Facho de Donón (sense 2), a Gallaecian-Roman sanctuary beacon in 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)

2. torch made from a bunch of straw

   Synonyms: facha, fachón, fachuzo

4. (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
• fachó (diminutive)
• Facho
• Monte do Facho

References

1. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “hacha I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “facha”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “facho”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “facho”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “facho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ʃu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ʃu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ʃo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ʃu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ʃu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.t͡ʃu/

• Rhymes: -aʃu, (Northern Portugal) -at͡ʃu
• Hyphenation: fa‧cho

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fascŭlō, from fax (“torch”). Compare Galician facho.

Noun

facho m (plural fachos)

1. torch
2. beam

   Synonym: raio

Etymology 2

Clipping of fascista. Possibly influenced by Spanish facho and French facho.

Adjective

facho (invariable)

1. (rare, derogatory) fashy (relating to fascism)

Noun

facho m (plural fachos)

1. (colloquial, derogatory) fash (a fascist or member of the far-right)
   • 2023 November 14, Agence France-Presse, “Presidente mexicano qualifica Javier Milei de "facho conservador"”, in Correio Brasiliense‎, archived from the original on 2023-11-15:

Further reading

• “facho”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “facho”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “facho”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “facho”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
• “facho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “facho”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “facho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From facha, clipping and deformation of Italian fascista.

Noun

facho m (plural fachos)

1. (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Internet slang) fash (a fascist or member of the far-right); conversative right-winger

   Synonym: (Spain) facha

Adjective

facho (feminine facha, masculine plural fachos, feminine plural fachas)

1. (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Internet slang) fash (relating to fascism); conversative right-wing

Etymology 2

Verb

facho

1. first-person singular present indicative of fachar

Further reading

• “facho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10