facho

• IPA^(key): /fa.ʃo/

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facho (plural fachos)

1. (slang, derogatory) fashy (relating to fascism)

facho m or f by sense (plural fachos)

1. (slang, derogatory) fash (a fascist or member of the far-right)

From facha, from Vulgar Latin *fascula, from facula (“small torch”) crossed with fascis (“bundle”).^[1] Compare Portuguese facho.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfat͡ʃo̝/

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

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “facha”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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

• Rhymes: -aʃu, (Northern Portugal) -at͡ʃu
• Hyphenation: fa‧cho

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fascŭlō, from fax (“torch”). Compare Galician facho.

facho m (plural fachos)

1. torch
2. beam

   Synonym: raio

Clipping of fascista. Possibly influenced by Spanish facho and French facho.

facho (invariable)

1. (rare, derogatory) fashy (relating to fascism)

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^[1], archived from the original on 15 November 2023:

• “facho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “facho”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “facho”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “facho”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
• “facho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “facho”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “facho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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

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

facho m (plural fachos)

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

   Synonym: (Spain) facha

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

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

facho

1. first-person singular present indicative of fachar

• “facho”, 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