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dano.

damage (an instance or the state of being damaged)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdɐ̃.nu/Brazil/ˈdɐ.nu/Portugal/ˈda.nu/Northern, Portugal
  1. damage (an instance or the state of being damaged)

    masculine
    O casco do navio sofreu dano.
  2. injury (violation of a person, their character, feelings, rights, property, or interests)

    masculine
  3. damage (a measure of how many hitpoints a weapon or unit can deal or take)

    masculine
    Essa espada tem 20 de dano.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dano, from Latin damnum, from Proto-Italic *dapnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dh₂pnóm. The use in games is a semantic loan from English damage. Cognate with Galician dano and Spanish daño.

adj/ˈdɐ̃.nu/Brazil/ˈdɐ.nu/Portugal/ˈda.nu/Northern, Portugal
  1. Danish (of Denmark)

    not-comparable
  2. of the Danes (Germanic tribe of the Danish islands and southern Sweden)

    historical · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-der.? Proto-Germanic *danizbor. Latin Danibor. Portuguese dano Borrowed from Latin Dani (“Danes”).

noun/ˈdɐ̃.nu/Brazil/ˈdɐ.nu/Portugal/ˈda.nu/Northern, Portugal
  1. Dane (person from Denmark)

    masculine
  2. Dane (member of the Danes)

    historical · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-der.? Proto-Germanic *danizbor. Latin Danibor. Portuguese dano Borrowed from Latin Dani (“Danes”).

verb/ˈdɐ̃.nu/Brazil/ˈdɐ.nu/Portugal/ˈda.nu/Northern, Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of danar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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