fado
Portuguese, noun/ˈfa.du/
fado is spelled F-A-D-O (4 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,247th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of fadar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “destino”.
What does fado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefate
Quem me dera poder mudar o meu fado.
- 2
masculinefado
O fado é um estilo musical português.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of fadar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. destino 2. fatalidade 3. gênero musical português urbano, que geralmente trata de temas sombrios, cantado por fadista e acompanhado de viola e guitarra portuguesa 4. música do gênero fado³
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 fado
- fados plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fado?
- Brazil /ˈfa.du/
- Portugal /ˈfa.du/
- Portugal [ˈfa.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
fado appears 2.0 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).