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fa•do
(fä′dŏŏ; Eng. fä′dō),USA pronunciation n.
- Music and Dancea Portuguese folk song typically of doleful or fatalistic character and usually accompanied on the guitar.
- Music and Dancea dance to the music of such a song.
- Latin fatum fate
- Portuguese
- 1900–05