facto
Spanish, noun/ˈfaɡto/
facto is spelled F-A-C-T-O (5 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 11,181st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Facto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “fact (something which is real)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hecho”.
What does facto mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmasculinefact (something which is real)
noun
- 1
masculinean opinion considered a true fact; a trufax; a truth .
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hecho. 2. Obviedad, verdad, perogrullada. 3. Provecho, beneficio.
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 facto
- factos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce facto?
- /ˈfaɡto/
- [ˈfaɣ̞.t̪o]
- [ˈfakt̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to facto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is facto in Spanish?
facto appears 5.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).