fazza

Venetian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin facia, from Latin faciēs.

Noun

fazza f

face (of humans)
muzzle (of animals)
impudence, impertinence, nerve, face
aver fazza de ― to have the nerve to

Related terms

fazzada
fazzarse

Descendants

→ Greek: φάτσα (fátsa)
→ Serbo-Croatian: fȁca／фа̏ца

References

Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “fàzza”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 264a

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