fadista

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese fadista.

Noun

fadista (plural fadistas)

1. A fado singer.
   • 2000 July 14, Peter Margasak, “Misia”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     […] in recent years pomo fadistas have mixed it with everything from pop to chamber music.

Portuguese

Etymology

From fado +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈd͡ʒis.tɐ/

• (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]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -istɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtɐ
• Hyphenation: fa‧dis‧ta

Noun

fadista m or f by sense (plural fadistas)

1. fadista

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese fadista. By surface analysis, fado +‎ -ista.

Noun

fadista m or f by sense (plural fadistas)

1. fadista

Further reading

• “fadista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014