faco

From English face, ultimately from Latin faciēs. Compare Italian faccia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfat͡so/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -at͡so
• Hyphenation: fa‧co

faco (accusative singular facon, plural facoj, accusative plural facojn)

1. (geometry, technical) face

• faceto (“facet”)
• interfaco (“interface”)

• vizaĝo (“face”)

First attested in 1707. From faca, from Old French haque, from Middle English hack. Compare Spanish jaco.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfako/ [ˈfɑ.kʊ]
• Rhymes: -ako
• Hyphenation: fa‧co

faco m (plural facos)

1. hack (horse)
2. stallion

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “faco”, 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), “faco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “faco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “faco”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “faco” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).