Polyglot Dictionary

fado

/ˈfadu/

o noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. fado, traditional melancholic Portuguese music, often sung in Lisbon's taverns

    • Ouvimos fado numa pequena taberna em Lisboa.

      We listened to fado in a small tavern in Lisbon.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual

Practice

1 What does fado mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ouvimos ___ numa pequena taberna em Lisboa.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fado?

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