facho

See also: fachó

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.ʃo/

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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”). 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

Further reading

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “facho”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, 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 Santamarina, Ernesto X. 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/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ʃu/

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

• 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

Derived terms

• sossegar o facho

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 Braziliense‎^[2], archived from the original on 15 November 2023:

Further reading

• “facho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “facho”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
• “facho”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “facho”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “facho”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “facho”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “facho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

A variant of facha (“fash”), likely used to distinguish from facha (“style”, literally “face”).

Noun

facho m (plural fachos)

1. Rioplatense and Chilean form of facha (“fash”)

   Synonym: (Spain) facha

Adjective

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

1. (derogatory, Rioplatense, Chile, Internet slang) alternative form of facha (“fash”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026