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Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian facciata (“façade”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faˈt͡ʃada/
- Rhymes: -ada
- Hyphenation: fa‧cha‧da
Noun
fachada f (plural fachadas)
- (architecture) façade
- (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
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian facciata (“façade”), a derivation of faccia (“front”), from Latin faciēs (“face”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fachada f (plural fachadas)
- (architecture) façade (of a building)
- Synonyms: frontispício, frontaria, frente, face
- (figuratively) anything used to hide something, especially criminal activities
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian facciata. By surface analysis, facha (“figure, aspect”) + -ada.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faˈt͡ʃada/
- Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: fa‧cha‧da
Noun
fachada f (plural fachadas)
- (architecture) façade (of a building)
- Synonym: frente
Participle
fachada f sg
- feminine singular of fachado
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