| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| fado |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fa·do |
| PRONUNCIATION: | fä th , f th  |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. fa·dos A sad Portuguese folksong. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Portuguese, from Latin f tum, fate. See fate.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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