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From faciō +‎ -tō.

factō (present infinitive factāre, perfect active factāvī, supine factātum); first conjugation

  1. to make, do, or perform regularly or frequently

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

factō n

  1. dative/ablative singular of factum (“fact, deed, act, doing”)

factō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of factus
  • “facto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • facto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Learned borrowing from Latin factum. Doublet of feito.

  • Rhymes: -aktu
  • Hyphenation: fac‧to

facto m (plural factos) (European Portuguese spelling)

  1. fact (something which is real)
  • IPA(key): /ˈfaɡto/ [ˈfaɣ̞.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -aɡto
  • Syllabification: fac‧to

Borrowed from Latin factum. Compare the inherited doublet hecho.

facto m (plural factos)

  1. (archaic) fact (something which is real)

Borrowed from English fact, itself from Old French fact, from Latin factum. Compare with the Internet slang interjection facts used to express agreement.

facto m (plural factos)

  1. (Internet slang) an opinion considered a true fact; a trufax; a truth [from 2010s].
    Synonyms: hecho, (Internet slang) factor

    • 2017 December 19, @lurssia, Twitter‎[1], archived from the original on 2024-10-31:

      En esta cuenta solo vengo a decir factos y de las mejores actuaciones de ayer noche fue la de Miriam. Sigo calva aún.

      I only come to this account to spill trufax and Miriam's performance was one of the best one's last night. I'm still bald.

    • 2019 December 25, @PlanetaTamara, Twitter‎[2], archived from the original on 2024-10-31:

      Es el mejor pokemon de esta generación esto es un facto

      It's this generation's best Pokemon, this is a fact

    • 2021 March 25, @driko1903, Twitter‎[3], archived from the original on 2024-10-31:

      Dejaron de seguirme anoche 10 personas por soltar factos mientras tuiteaba sobre la isla,voy a tener que hacerlo más.

      10 people stopped following me for spilling trufax while tweeting about the island, I'll have to do it more

    • 2023 December 28, @loloskelton, Twitter‎[4], archived from the original on 2024-10-31:

      Carla sigue tirando factos, es Holder

      Carla keeps spilling trufax, she's a Holder

    • 2024 October 30, @mikemaquinadel, Twitter‎[5], archived from the original on 2024-10-31:

      Tirando factos hasta equivocarme
      Día #203
      Urge que regresen los equipos mexicanos a la copa libertadores para plantarles cara a los equipos Brasileños. Nadie más en este continente puede

      Spilling trufax until being mistaken
      Day #203
      It's urgent for Mexican teams to come back to the Copa Libertadores to face Brazilian teams. No one in this continent can

As a direct object, it's usually accompanied by the verbs soltar, decir, tirar, all meaning spill (to express) in this context.