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fadista

fadista

English

Noun

fadista (plural fadistas)

  1. A fado singer.
    • 2000 July 14, Peter Margasak, “Misia”, in Chicago Reader:
      [] in recent years pomo fadistas have mixed it with everything from pop to chamber music.

Portuguese

Etymology

From fado + -ista.

Noun

fadista m f (plural fadistas)

  1. fadista

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Portuguese fadista, or by surface analysis, from fado + -ista.

Noun

fadista m, f (plural fadistas)

  1. fadista