fado
a Portuguese folk song typically of doleful or fatalistic character and usually accompanied on the guitar.
a dance to the music of such a song.
Origin of fado
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How to use fado in a sentence
One-step, fox-trot and a Lulu fado followed in smooth succession.
A Man's Hearth | Eleanor M. IngramBeyond this first promontory is seen a considerably higher range, but not an imposing one, which rises above the village of fado.
Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) | John RuskinThey even swam, once, and Carl played at learning two new dances, strangely called the "fox trot" and the "lu lu fado."
The Trail of the Hawk | Sinclair Lewis
British Dictionary definitions for fado
/ Portuguese (ˈfɑːdu) /
a type of melancholy Portuguese folk song
Origin of fado
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