fachada

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Proto-Italic *-jēs

Latin -iēs

Latin faciēs

Late Latin facia

Italian faccia

Italian -ata

Italian facciatabor.

Galician fachada

Borrowed from Italian facciata (“façade”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈt͡ʃada/ [faˈt͡ʃa.ð̞ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Hyphenation: fa‧cha‧da

Noun

fachada f (plural fachadas)

1. (architecture) façade
2. (figuratively) anything used to hide a fault, criminal activities, etc.

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fachada”, 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), “fachada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fachada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “fachada”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “fachada”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian facciata (“façade”), a derivation of faccia (“front”), from Latin faciēs (“face”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈʃa.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈʃa.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈʃa.da/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐˈʃa.dɐ/ [fɐˈʃa.ðɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐˈʃa.dɐ/ [fɐˈʃa.ðɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐˈt͡ʃa.dɐ/ [fɐˈt͡ʃa.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: fa‧cha‧da

Noun

fachada f (plural fachadas)

1. (architecture) façade (of a building)

   Synonyms: frontispício, frontaria, frente, face

2. (figuratively) anything used to hide something, especially criminal activities

Related terms

• face

Further reading

• “fachada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “fachada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Proto-Italic *-jēs

Latin -iēs

Latin faciēs

Late Latin facia

Italian faccia

Italian -ata

Italian facciatabor.

Spanish fachada

Borrowed from Italian facciata. By surface analysis, facha (“figure, aspect”) +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈt͡ʃada/ [faˈt͡ʃa.ð̞a]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: fa‧cha‧da

Noun

fachada f (plural fachadas)

1. (architecture) façade (of a building)

   Synonym: frente

Participle

fachada f sg

1. feminine singular of fachado

Further reading

• “fachada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025