fachar

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [faˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fa‧char

Verb

fachar (first-person singular present facho, first-person singular preterite faché, past participle fachado)

1. (Cuba, colloquial) to steal
2. (Ecuador, uncommon) to show off luxurious clothing
3. (Venezuela) to roll a joint of cannabis

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fachar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			fachar
gerund			fachando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fachado		fachada
		plural		fachados		fachadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	facho	fachastú fachásvos	facha	fachamos	facháis	fachan
	imperfect	fachaba	fachabas	fachaba	fachábamos	fachabais	fachaban
	preterite	faché	fachaste	fachó	fachamos	fachasteis	facharon
	future	facharé	facharás	fachará	facharemos	facharéis	facharán
	conditional	facharía	facharías	facharía	facharíamos	facharíais	facharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fache	fachestú fachésvos2	fache	fachemos	fachéis	fachen
	imperfect (ra)	fachara	facharas	fachara	facháramos	facharais	facharan
	imperfect (se)	fachase	fachases	fachase	fachásemos	fachaseis	fachasen
	future1	fachare	fachares	fachare	facháremos	fachareis	facharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		fachatú fachávos	fache	fachemos	fachad	fachen
	negative		no faches	no fache	no fachemos	no fachéis	no fachen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of fachar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive fachar	dative	facharme	facharte	facharle, facharse	facharnos	facharos	facharles, facharse
	accusative	facharme	facharte	facharlo, facharla, facharse	facharnos	facharos	facharlos, facharlas, facharse
with gerund fachando	dative	fachándome	fachándote	fachándole, fachándose	fachándonos	fachándoos	fachándoles, fachándose
	accusative	fachándome	fachándote	fachándolo, fachándola, fachándose	fachándonos	fachándoos	fachándolos, fachándolas, fachándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative facha	dative	fáchame	fáchate	fáchale	fáchanos	not used	fáchales
	accusative	fáchame	fáchate	fáchalo, fáchala	fáchanos	not used	fáchalos, fáchalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative fachá	dative	fachame	fachate	fachale	fachanos	not used	fachales
	accusative	fachame	fachate	fachalo, fachala	fachanos	not used	fachalos, fachalas
with formal second-person singular imperative fache	dative	fácheme	not used	fáchele, fáchese	fáchenos	not used	fácheles
	accusative	fácheme	not used	fáchelo, fáchela, fáchese	fáchenos	not used	fáchelos, fáchelas
with first-person plural imperative fachemos	dative	not used	fachémoste	fachémosle	fachémonos	fachémoos	fachémosles
	accusative	not used	fachémoste	fachémoslo, fachémosla	fachémonos	fachémoos	fachémoslos, fachémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative fachad	dative	fachadme	not used	fachadle	fachadnos	fachaos	fachadles
	accusative	fachadme	not used	fachadlo, fachadla	fachadnos	fachaos	fachadlos, fachadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative fachen	dative	fáchenme	not used	fáchenle	fáchennos	not used	fáchenles, fáchense
	accusative	fáchenme	not used	fáchenlo, fáchenla	fáchennos	not used	fáchenlos, fáchenlas, fáchense

Further reading

• “fachar”, 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
• “fachar”, 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