facho

See also: fachó

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.ʃo/

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Adjective

facho (plural fachos)

1. (slang) fashy; fascist, right-wing

Noun

facho m or f by sense (plural fachos)

1. (slang) fash; 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

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “facha”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• 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

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

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 (espousing, characteristic of, or 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, Brasília, archived from the original on 2023-11-15:

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, slang, Internet) fascist, fash

   Synonym: (Spain) facha

2. (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, by extension, slang, Internet) a conservative right-winger

Adjective

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

1. (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, slang, Internet) fascist, fash
2. (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, by extension, slang, Internet) conservative 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 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28