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.

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

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