fado

See also: fadó

English

Etymology

From Portuguese fado (“fate”), from Latin fātum. Doublet of fate.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɑːdoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːdəʊ

Noun

fado (plural fados)

  1. A Portuguese folk song, usually featuring a single vocalist, Portuguese guitar and sometimes classical guitar. Lyrical themes are often melancholic in nature; the structure of the song is of greater importance.

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Portuguese fado, from Latin fātum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfado]
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Hyphenation: fa‧do

Noun

fado (accusative singular fadon, plural fadoj, accusative plural fadojn)

  1. (music, uncountable) fado (genre of Portuguese folk music)
  2. a song in the fado style

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɑdo/, [ˈfɑdo̞]
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɑːdu/, [ˈfɑːdu] (according to original Portuguese)
  • Rhymes: -ɑdo
  • Syllabification(key): fa‧do

Noun

fado

  1. fado (Portuguese fado singing as art)
  2. fado, fado song (song in this style)

Declension
Inflection of fado (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative fado fadot
genitive fadon fadojen
partitive fadoa fadoja
illative fadoon fadoihin
singular plural
nominative fado fadot
accusative nom. fado fadot
gen. fadon
genitive fadon fadojen
partitive fadoa fadoja
inessive fadossa fadoissa
elative fadosta fadoista
illative fadoon fadoihin
adessive fadolla fadoilla
ablative fadolta fadoilta
allative fadolle fadoille
essive fadona fadoina
translative fadoksi fadoiksi
instructive — fadoin
abessive fadotta fadoitta
comitative — fadoineen
Possessive forms of fado (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person fadoni fadomme
2nd person fadosi fadonne
3rd person fadonsa

Synonyms

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfa.du/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfa.do/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfa.du/ [ˈfa.ðu]

  • Rhymes: -adu
  • Hyphenation: fa‧do

Etymology 1
fado (2)

Inherited from Latin fātum (“destiny, fate”).

Noun

fado m (plural fados)

  1. fate
    Quem me dera poder mudar o meu fado.
    I wish I could change my fate.
  2. (music) fado
    O fado é um estilo musical português.
    Fado is a Portuguese musical style.
Derived terms

Verb

fado

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fadar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese fado; the inherited cognate with the original meaning of "fate" is hado.

Noun

fado m (plural fados)

  1. (music) fado

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