fazza

Venetian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin facia, from Latin faciēs.

Noun

fazza f

1. face (of humans)
2. muzzle (of animals)
3. 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