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faca

Spanish, noun/ˈfaka/

faca is spelled F-A-C-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 77,042nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “a curved knife” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cuchillo o navaja de hoja curva”.

What does faca mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininea curved knife

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Cuchillo o navaja de hoja curva. 2. Cuchillo grande y puntiagudo que suele portarse en una funda de cuero.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of faca

  • facas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce faca?

  • /ˈfaka/
  • [ˈfa.ka]
  • [ˈfaka]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is faca in Spanish?

faca appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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