# facha
## Galician
### Etymology 1

14th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese facha, from Vulgar Latin *fascla, from syncopation of *fascula, from Latin facula (“small torch”) crossed with fascis (“bundle”). Compare Portuguese facha, Spanish hacha.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfat͡ʃa̝/

#### Noun

facha f (plural fachas)
* torch (especially made from a bunch or faggot of straw)
** c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", p. 57:
    Et ẽna camara avia moy grã lume de candeas et de fachas que y ardiamin the room there were a great light because of the candles and torches burning there
    Synonyms: facho, fachuzo
* large votive candle

##### Derived terms

* facheiro

### Etymology 2

From Italian faccia, probably through Spanish facha.

#### Noun

facha f (plural fachas)
* looks of a person, when considered negatively

### Etymology 3

From Spanish facha, from Italian fascista. Compate French facho.

#### Adjective

facha m or f (plural fachas)
* (informal, offensive) fascist
* (derogatory) right-wing

#### Noun

facha m or f by sense (plural fachas)
* (informal, offensive) fascist
* (derogatory) right-wing person

### Etymology 4

From Old Galician-Portuguese facha, presumably from Old Spanish facha, from Old French hache (“axe”). Compare modern Spanish hacha.

#### Noun

facha m (plural fachas)
* (archaic) battle axe

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “facha”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* 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), “facha”, 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), “facha”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “facha”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “hacha I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Old Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhat͡ʃa/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French hache. First attested in the 13th century, in the Cantar de Fernán González.

#### Noun

facha f
* axe

### Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *fascla, from syncopation of *fascula, presumably from a crossing of Latin facula and fascis. Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese facha. First attested ca. 1400.

#### Noun

facha f
* torch

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “hacha”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 303
* ↑ “hacha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfat͡ʃa/ [ˈfa.t͡ʃa]
* Rhymes: -atʃa
* Syllabification: fa‧cha

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian faccia (“face”).

#### Noun

facha f (plural fachas)
* (colloquial, Rioplatense) appearance, looks, style
    ¡Qué facha! ― Wow, you look great! / Wow, those clothes look great on you!
** 1984, “Cena recalentada”, in A Santa Compaña, performed by Golpes Bajos:¿Dónde has estado? ¡Mira que facha!(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (colloquial, Rioplatense) a person's face
* (in the phrase en fachas, Mexico, Central America) clothing that's either in poor condition or not appropriate for some occasion

##### Related terms

* fachada
* fachero
* fachoso

### Etymology 2

From fascista.

#### Adjective

facha m or f (masculine and feminine plural fachas) (Spain)
* (slang) fascist
* (derogatory) right-wing
    Synonym: derechista

#### Noun

facha m or f by sense (plural fachas) (Spain)
* (slang) fascist
    Synonym: (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay) facho
** 2019 January 14, Xavier Vidal-Folch, “Lo normal en Europa no es ser facha”, in El País‎:Así que la norma en la UE no es que manden los fachas. Sino que las derechas democráticas y los centrismos liberales los mantienen alejados del poder.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (derogatory, by extension) right-wing person
    Synonym: derechista

##### Derived terms

* facherío
* Team Facha

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

facha
* inflection of fachar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “facha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “facha”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010