English

Noun

facer ‎(plural facers)

1. An unexpected and stunning blow or defeat.
   • 2005, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback, Chapter 1, p. 6,

     “You're such a snob,” she said, with a provoking laugh; coming from the family he was thought to be snobbish about, this was a bit of a facer.

2. (obsolete) One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person.
3. (obsolete) A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy.
   • Charles Kingsley

     I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a facer.

Anagrams

• farce

Asturian

Alternative forms

• faer
• ḥacer

Etymology

From Latin facere, active infinitive of the verb faciō ‎(“I do, I make”).

Verb

facer

1. to make
2. to do

Conjugation

• Reference http://www.academiadelallingua.com/diccionariu/gramatica_llingua.pdf

Synonyms

• (to make): crear, producir

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese fazer, from Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō.

Verb

facer ‎(first-person singular present fago, first-person singular preterite fixen, past participle feito)

1. to do, make
2. first-person singular personal infinitive of facer
3. third-person singular personal infinitive of facer

Conjugation

Related terms

• afacer
• desfacer
• refacer
• satisfacer

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈtser/

Verb

facer

1. to do; make

Conjugation