fachada

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian facciata (“façade”), a derivation of faccia (“front”), from Latin faciēs (“face”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈʃa.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈʃa.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈʃa.da/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐˈʃa.dɐ/ [fɐˈʃa.ðɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐˈʃa.dɐ/ [fɐˈʃa.ðɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐˈt͡ʃa.dɐ/ [fɐˈt͡ʃa.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: fa‧cha‧da

Noun

fachada f (plural fachadas)

1. (architecture) façade (of a building)

   Synonyms: frontispício, frontaria, frente, face

2. (figuratively) anything used to hide something, especially criminal activities

Related terms

• face

 

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian facciata. By surface analysis, facha (“figure, aspect”) +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈt͡ʃada/ [faˈt͡ʃa.ð̞a]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: fa‧cha‧da

Noun

fachada f (plural fachadas)

1. (architecture) façade (of a building)

   Synonym: frente

Participle

fachada f sg

1. feminine singular of fachado

Further reading

• “fachada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014