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fado

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fa⋅do

[fah-doo; Eng. fah-doh]
–noun
1. a Portuguese folk song typically of doleful or fatalistic character and usually accompanied on the guitar.
2. a dance to the music of such a song.

Origin:
1900–05; < Pg < L fatum fate
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fa·do   (fä'thōō, fāth'ō)   
n.   pl. fa·dos
A sad Portuguese folksong.

[Portuguese, from Latin fātum, fate; see fate.]
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