facho
See also: fachó
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
facho (plural fachos)
- (slang) fashy; fascist, right-wing
Noun edit
facho m or f by sense (plural fachos)
- (slang) fash; fascist, right-winger
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From facha, from Vulgar Latin *fascula, from facula (“small torch”) crossed with fascis (“bundle”).[1] Compare Portuguese facho.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
facho m (plural fachos)
- torch made from a bunch or faggot of straw
- (dated) beacon usually placed atop mountains and hills, and used to warn the locals of the proximity of an enemy
- Synonym: brandariz
Derived terms edit
- facheiro
- Facho
- fachó (diminutive)
- Monte do Facho
References edit
- “facha” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “facho” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “facho” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “facho” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “hacha I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fascŭlō, from fax (“torch”). Compare Galician facho.
Noun edit
facho m (plural fachos)
Etymology 2 edit
Clipping of fascista. Possibly influenced by Spanish facho and French facho.
Adjective edit
facho (invariable)
- (rare, derogatory) fashy (espousing, characteristic of, or relating to fascism)
Noun edit
facho m (plural fachos)
- (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 Brasiliense[1], Brasília, archived from the original on 2023-11-15:
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From facha, clipping and deformation of Italian fascista.
Noun edit
facho m (plural fachos)
- (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, slang, Internet) fascist, fash
- Synonym: (Spain) facha
- (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, by extension, slang, Internet) a conservative right-winger
Adjective edit
facho (feminine facha, masculine plural fachos, feminine plural fachas)
- (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, slang, Internet) fascist, fash
- (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, by extension, slang, Internet) conservative right-wing
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
facho
Further reading edit
- “facho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014