fadon.
/ˈfadu/ A Portuguese folk-song of melancholy type; also, the name given to various kinds of dance (music) and song popular in Portugal.
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1902 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 15 165 The nearest we can get to the original significance of the word is to call the ‘fado’ the laborer's song of fate; which is more than we can do with the present form, for the Portuguese indiscriminately call ‘fados’ what we designate as serenades, ballads, jigs, and sailor's hornpipes.
1936 Discovery Dec. 396/2 The fado, that remarkable modern product of Portuguese popular genius.
1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Dec. 736/3 A brilliant run-through of Portuguese poetry and prose, the inevitable chapter on the fado.
1969 Times 1 Nov. p. viii/5 The most typical way to spend an evening in Lisbon is to listen to fados, the traditional song of the Portuguese town worker; but make sure that you go to a genuine fado restaurant.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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