facho

See also: fachó

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.ʃo/

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Adjective

facho (plural fachos)

1. (slang) fascist, right-wing

Noun

facho m or f by sense (plural fachos)

1. (slang) fascist, right-winger

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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”). 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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fascŭlo, from fax,făcis (“small torch”). Compare Galician facho.

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

Noun

facho m (plural fachos)

1. torch
2. beam

   Synonym: raio

3. (Portugal, colloquial, derogatory) fascist

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Spanish

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

Verb

facho

1. first-person singular present indicative of fachar

Further reading

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