fadista
Portuguese, noun/faˈd͡ʒis.tɐ/
fadista is spelled F-A-D-I-S-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 54,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fadista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “fadista” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que toca ou canta o fado”.
What does fadista mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa que toca ou canta o fado 2. encrenqueiro, desordeiro
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 fadista
- fadistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fadista?
- Brazil /faˈd͡ʒis.tɐ/
- /faˈd͡ʒiʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /fɐˈdiʃ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fadista in Portuguese?
fadista appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).