facer

See also: Facer

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪsə(ɹ)/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪsə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From face (noun) +‎ -er.

Noun

facer (plural facers)

1. (slang, obsolete) A blow in the face, as in boxing.
   • 1856 May, Thomas Hughes, quoting Charles Kingsley, “Prefatory Memoir”, in Charles Kingsley, Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet. […], London: Macmillan and Co., published 1876, →OCLC, page lvi:

     I made £150 by Alton Locke, and never lost a farthing; and I got, not in spite of, but by the rows, a name and a standing with many a one who would never have heard of me otherwise, and I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a facer, while I was winning by the cross, though I didn't mean to fight one.

2. (slang, by extension) An unexpected and stunning blow or defeat.

   Synonym: slap in the face

   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 1, in The Line of Beauty […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 6:

     “You're such a snob,” she said, with a provoking laugh; coming from the family he was thought to be snobbish about, this was a bit of a facer.

   • 2024 January 27, Janan Ganesh, “Could there be a liberal demagogue?”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 21:

     He [Joschka Fischer] was for Nato, looser visa rules and—quite the facer for his pacifist colleagues—the bombing of Serbia.

3. (slang) A serving of alcoholic drink; a dram.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Edgar Wallace to this entry?)

   Dory […] poured a little whisky into a glass, and grew reminiscent. “I had a facer myself this morning before I came down,” he said.

References

• (alcoholic drink): John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary

Etymology 2

From face (verb) +‎ -er.

Noun

facer (plural facers)

1. (obsolete) One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person.

Anagrams

• farce, EACRF

Asturian

Alternative forms

• faer (Western Asturias)
• fer (Mining Basins, literary)
• ḥacer (Eastern Asturias)
• fader (Allande)
• ḥer (Cabrales)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin facere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈθeɾ/ [faˈθeɾ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: fa‧cer

Noun

facer m (plural faceres)

1. task, chore

   Synonym: buízu

Verb

facer

1. to make
2. to do
3. (reflexive) to pretend being

   ¿Yes fatu o fáeste? ― Are you stupid or are you pretending it?

Conjugation

Conjugation of facer

infinitive		facer, faer
gerundive		faciendo, fayendo
participle		m fechu, f fecha, n fecho, m pl fechos, f pl feches
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	fago, faigo	faes	fai	facemos, faemos	facéis, faéis	faen
	imperfect	facía, faía	facíes, faíes	facía, faía	facíamos, facíemos, facíamos, faíemos	facíais, facíeis, faíais, faíeis	facíen, faíen
	preterite	fici, fixi	ficisti, ficesti, fixisti, fixesti	fizo, fixo	ficimos, ficiemos, fiximos, fixemos	ficistis, ficiestis, fixistis, fixestis	ficieron, fixeron
	pluperfect	ficiera, ficiere, fixera, fixere	ficieras, ficieres, fixeras, fixeres	ficiera, ficiere, fixera, fixere	ficiéramos, ficiéremos, fixéramos, fixéremos	ficierais, ficiereis, fixerais, fixereis	ficieran, ficieren, fixeran, fixeren
	future	fadré, fairé	fadrás, fairás	fadrá, fairá	fadremos, fairemos	fadréis, fairéis	fadrán, fairán
	conditional	fadría, fairía	fadríes, fairíes	fadría, fairía	fadríamos, fadríemos, fairíamos, fairíemos	fadríais, fadríeis, fairíais, fairíeis	fadríen, fairíen
subjunctive	present	faga, faiga	fagas, faigas	faga, faiga	fagamos, faigamos	fagáis, faigáis	fagan, faigan
	imperfect	ficiera, ficiere, fixera, fixere	ficieras, ficieres, fixeras, fixeres	ficiera, ficiere, fixera, fixere	ficiéramos, ficiéremos, fixéramos, fixéremos	ficierais, ficiereis, fixerais, fixereis	ficieran, ficieren, fixeran, fixeren
imperative			fai			facéi, faéi

Synonyms

• (to make): crear, producir

Derived terms

• facer camín
• facer candela
• facer de menos
• facer el papelón
• facer en
• facer en pelu'l demoniu
• facer fumo
• facer la rosca
• facer nueche
• facer pie
• facer por
• facese a

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “facer”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “facer”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Galician

Alternative forms

• fazer (reintegrationist)
• faer, faguer, fer

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fazer, from Latin facere. Compare Portuguese fazer, Spanish hacer.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /faˈθeɾ/ [fɐˈθeɾ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /faˈθeɾ/ [fɐˈθeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /faˈseɾ/ [fɐˈseɾ]

• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Hyphenation: fa‧cer

Verb

facer (first-person singular present fago, first-person singular preterite fixen, past participle feito)

1. to do, make
2. to cook, prepare

   Synonyms: cociñar, preparar

3. (auxiliary with a verb in the impersonal infinitive as the second object) to cause to
4. (transitive, impersonal) to pass (said of time)
5. (transitive, impersonal) to be; to occur (said of a weather phenomenon)

   Synonym: ir

6. (transitive, followed by the age) to turn a certain age

   A miña filla fixo nove anos onte ― My daughter turned 9 years old yesterday

Conjugation

    Conjugation of facer (irregular)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	facer
Personal	facer	faceres	facer	facermos	facerdes	faceren
Gerund
	facendo
Past participle
Masculine	feito			feitos
Feminine	feita			feitas
Indicative
Present	fago	fas	fai	facemos	facedes	fan
Imperfect	facía	facías	facía	faciamos	faciades	facían
Preterite	fixen	fixeches	fixo	fixemos	fixestes	fixeron
Pluperfect	fixera	fixeras	fixera	fixeramos	fixerades	fixeran
Future	farei	farás	fará	faremos	faredes	farán
Conditional	faría	farías	faría	fariamos	fariades	farían
Subjunctive
Present	faga	fagas	faga	fagamos	fagades	fagan
Imperfect	fixese	fixeses	fixese	fixésemos	fixésedes	fixesen
Future	fixer	fixeres	fixer	fixermos	fixerdes	fixeren
Imperative
Affirmative		fai	faga	fagamos	facede	fagan
Negative (non)		non fagas	non faga	non fagamos	non fagades	non fagan

Related terms

• afacer
• desfacer
• refacer
• satisfacer

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “fazer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “fazer”, 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 Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “facer”, 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), “facer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “facer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “facer”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin facere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈt͡ser/

Verb

facer

1. to do; make

Conjugation

    Conjugation of facer

infinitive		facer
participle		present	perfect
		facente	facite
active		simple	perfect
	present	face	ha facite
	past	faceva	habeva facite
	future	facera	habera facite
	conditional	facerea	haberea facite
	imperative	face	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es facite	ha essite facite
	past	esseva facite	habeva essite facite
	future	essera facite	habera essite facite
	conditional	esserea facite	haberea essite facite
	imperative	sia facite	—

Spanish

Alternative forms

• far (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish fazer, facer, from Latin facere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈθeɾ/ [faˈθeɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /faˈseɾ/ [faˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: fa‧cer

Verb

facer (first-person singular present fago, first-person singular preterite fice, past participle fecho)

1. obsolete form of hacer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of facer (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			facer
gerund			faciendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fecho		fecha
		plural		fechos		fechas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fago	facestú facésvos	face	facemos	facéis	facen
	imperfect	facía	facías	facía	facíamos	facíais	facían
	preterite	fice	ficiste	fizo	ficimos	ficisteis	ficieron
	future	faré	farás	fará	faremos	faréis	farán
	conditional	faría	farías	faría	faríamos	faríais	farían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	faga	fagastú fagásvos2	faga	fagamos	fagáis	fagan
	imperfect (ra)	ficiera	ficieras	ficiera	ficiéramos	ficierais	ficieran
	imperfect (se)	ficiese	ficieses	ficiese	ficiésemos	ficieseis	ficiesen
	future1	ficiere	ficieres	ficiere	ficiéremos	ficiereis	ficieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		faztú facévos	faga	fagamos	faced	fagan
	negative		no fagas	no faga	no fagamos	no fagáis	no fagan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of facer (irregular)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive facer	dative	facerme	facerte	facerle, facerse	facernos	faceros	facerles, facerse
	accusative	facerme	facerte	facerlo, facerla, facerse	facernos	faceros	facerlos, facerlas, facerse
with gerund faciendo	dative	faciéndome	faciéndote	faciéndole, faciéndose	faciéndonos	faciéndoos	faciéndoles, faciéndose
	accusative	faciéndome	faciéndote	faciéndolo, faciéndola, faciéndose	faciéndonos	faciéndoos	faciéndolos, faciéndolas, faciéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative faz	dative	fazme	fazte	fazle	faznos	not used	fazles
	accusative	fazme	fazte	fazlo, fazla	faznos	not used	fazlos, fazlas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative facé	dative	faceme	facete	facele	facenos	not used	faceles
	accusative	faceme	facete	facelo, facela	facenos	not used	facelos, facelas
with formal second-person singular imperative faga	dative	fágame	not used	fágale, fágase	fáganos	not used	fágales
	accusative	fágame	not used	fágalo, fágala, fágase	fáganos	not used	fágalos, fágalas
with first-person plural imperative fagamos	dative	not used	fagámoste	fagámosle	fagámonos	fagámoos	fagámosles
	accusative	not used	fagámoste	fagámoslo, fagámosla	fagámonos	fagámoos	fagámoslos, fagámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative faced	dative	facedme	not used	facedle	facednos	faceos	facedles
	accusative	facedme	not used	facedlo, facedla	facednos	faceos	facedlos, facedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative fagan	dative	fáganme	not used	fáganle	fágannos	not used	fáganles, fáganse
	accusative	fáganme	not used	fáganlo, fáganla	fágannos	not used	fáganlos, fáganlas, fáganse

Further reading

• “facer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024