fado
Definition
- Noun:
- A sad Portuguese folksong: "fado" refers to a genre of traditional Portuguese music, typically characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics expressing themes of fate, longing, and melancholy.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- We listened to a beautiful fado in the Lisbon café.
- The singer's voice perfectly captured the soulful emotion of the fado.
Advanced Usage
- "to sing fado": to perform this specific style of music.
- She learned to sing fado from her grandmother.
Variants and Related Words
- Fadista (n): a singer or performer of fado music.
- The famous fadista moved the entire audience.
Synonyms
- Lament: a passionate expression of grief or sorrow (shares the thematic element of sadness).
- Folk song: a traditional song originating among the common people of a region (shares the "folk" aspect).
Related Phrases
- House of Fado: a venue dedicated to performances of fado music.
- We visited a traditional house of fado in Alfama.
Noun
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a sad Portuguese folksong
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