facho

See also: fachó

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.ʃo/
  • (file)

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

  • 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

Pronunciation

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

  • 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

Verb

facho

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fachar

Further reading

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