fachada

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

Hyphenation: fa‧cha‧da

Noun

fachada f (plural fachadas)

(architecture) façade (of a building)
Synonyms: frontispício, frontaria, frente, face
(figuratively) anything used to hide something, especially criminal activities

Related terms

face

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /faˈt͡ʃada/ [faˈt͡ʃa.ð̞a]
Audio (Venezuela): (file)
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

Further reading

“fachada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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