fadista
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese fadista.
Noun
fadista (plural fadistas)
- 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.
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Portuguese
Etymology
From fado + -ista.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /faˈd͡ʒis.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /faˈd͡ʒiʃ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /faˈd͡ʒis.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fɐˈdiʃ.tɐ/ [fɐˈðiʃ.tɐ]
- Hyphenation: fa‧dist‧a
Noun
fadista m or f by sense (plural fadistas)
- fadista
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese fadista, or by surface analysis, from fado + -ista.
Noun
fadista m or f (plural fadistas)
- fadista
Further reading
- “fadista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014