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dado.

a die

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈda.du/Brazil/ˈda.du/Portugal[ˈda.ðu]Portugal/ˈda.du/Portugal, Southern
  1. a die

    masculine
    O dado mais comum tem seis lados.
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese dado, itself from a Vulgar Latin *dadu, of uncertain origin; possibly from Classical Arabic أَعْدَاد (ʔaʕdād, “numbers”), or from Latin datum. Compare Spanish dado, Catalan dau, Italian dado, French dé.

adj/ˈda.du/Brazil/ˈda.du/Portugal[ˈda.ðu]Portugal/ˈda.du/Portugal, Southern
  1. offered

  2. granted, conceded (given)

  3. given, fixed (currently discussed)

    em um dado momento
  4. friendly, sociable

    Eles são muito dados.
  5. prone, inclined

Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese dado, from Latin datus. By surface analysis, dar + -ado. Doublet of data.

noun/ˈda.du/Brazil/ˈda.du/Portugal[ˈda.ðu]Portugal/ˈda.du/Portugal, Southern
  1. data; datum (item of information)

    masculine
    Não encontrei nenhum dado no sistema.
  2. ellipsis of dados móveis (“mobile data”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · in-plural · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese dado, from Latin datus. By surface analysis, dar + -ado. Doublet of data.

det/ˈda.du/Brazil/ˈda.du/Portugal[ˈda.ðu]Portugal/ˈda.du/Portugal, Southern
  1. a given; a particular; a specific

    A família mora em uma dada localidade no vale.
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese dado, from Latin datus. By surface analysis, dar + -ado. Doublet of data.

verb/ˈda.du/Brazil/ˈda.du/Portugal[ˈda.ðu]Portugal/ˈda.du/Portugal, Southern
  1. past participle of dar

    form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese dado, from Latin datus. By surface analysis, dar + -ado. Doublet of data.

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