fado
Spanish, noun/ˈfado/
fado is spelled F-A-D-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 67,533rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “fado” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of far. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Género musical portugués urbano, de carácter melancólico, cantado por fadista acompañado de viola o guitarra…”.
What does fado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefado
verb
- 1
past participle of far
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Género musical portugués urbano, de carácter melancólico, cantado por fadista acompañado de viola o guitarra portuguesa
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fado
- fados plural
- fada feminine
- fadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fado?
- /ˈfado/
- [ˈfa.ð̞o]
- [ˈfað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fado in Spanish?
fado appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).