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fado

fa·do [ ˈfä-(ˌ)t͟hü]

fado

noun

[ˈfä-(ˌ)t͟hü]

plural fados

Definition of fado

: a plaintive Portuguese folk song

Recent Examples on the Web

//Portugal Gonçalo CorreiaTours for YouHe’s arranged dinner with a former president of Portugal, a private concert with one of the country’s top fado singers, and cocktails at the studio of artist João Figueiredo.
— Paul Brady, Condé Nast Traveler, "2018 Top Travel Specialists We Trust," 19 Oct. 2018
//Zambujo deftly modulates his delivery away from fado’s darkness, bringing a lightness to the songs, and finding a beguiling balance between the music of his homeland and its one-time colonial outpost.
— Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, "Portuguese fado singer António Zambujo focuses on the music of Brazilian icon Chico Buarque," 22 Mar. 2018
//Other highly Instagrammable moments include a live fado performance in Lisbon’s Bairro Alto and a visit to a pineapple plantation at Fajã de Baixo on São Miguel.
— Ashlea Halpern, The Cut, "12 Epic, All-Inclusive Honeymoon Itineraries," 11 Apr. 2018
//Purists of Portuguese fado might think António Zambujo is something of a philistine for his penchant for teasing out commonalities between the lyric, sorrow-laden genre and sounds from around the globe—especially breezier forms from Brazil.
— Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, "Portuguese fado singer António Zambujo focuses on the music of Brazilian icon Chico Buarque," 22 Mar. 2018
//What Rodrigues is referring to are the two types of fado clubs: professional adega típicas and amateur tascas.
— Eliot Stein, CNT, "Why You Can't Miss Fado Music in Lisbon, Portugal," 24 Mar. 2017
//The film has no original score to punch up its comedic overtones either, instead relying on existing music choices that are often tinged with melancholy, from Saint-Saëns’ morbidly named Danse macabre to the songs of fado superstar Amelia Rodrigues.
— Boyd Van Hoeij, The Hollywood Reporter, "'50 is the New 30' ('Marie-Francine'): Film Review," 1 July 2017
//Mariza The fado superstar performs in the 100-seat Joe Henderson Lab.
— Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, "SFJAZZ releases blockbuster 2017-18 season lineup," 15 June 2017
//In recent years, fado music has experienced a similar resurgence as the city that birthed it.
— Eliot Stein, Condé Nast Traveler, "Why You Can't Miss Fado Music in Lisbon, Portugal," 24 Mar. 2017

First Known Use of fado

1890, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for fado

Portuguese, literally, fate, from Latin fatum

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