fada
Portuguese, noun/ˈfa.dɐ/
fada is spelled F-A-D-A (4 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,139th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “fairy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of fadar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “entidade imaginária feminina e voadora, com poderes mágicos”.
What does fada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefairy
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. entidade imaginária feminina e voadora, com poderes mágicos 2. mulher muito formosa
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fada
- fadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fada?
- Brazil /ˈfa.dɐ/
- Portugal /ˈfa.dɐ/
- Portugal [ˈfa.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fada in Portuguese?
fada appears 6.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).