data
Spanish, noun
data is spelled D-A-T-A (4 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,683rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Data is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “date (point of time at which a transaction or event takes place)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of datar. With an accent, datá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of datar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Nota que indica el lugar y fecha en que algo acontece o se lleva a cabo, en particular como referencia en un…”.
What does data mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedate (point of time at which a transaction or event takes place)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of datar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nota que indica el lugar y fecha en que algo acontece o se lleva a cabo, en particular como referencia en un documento. 2. Fecha, hora o tiempo en que tiene lugar un evento o acción. 3. Compuerta o abertura por donde puede desviarse parte del agua de una represa o corriente. 4. Anotación contable de una salida o descargo de lo que se ha recibido.
adjective: 1. Se aplica a un tipo de ciruela muy jugosa y de color oscuro, la "ciruela de data", "ciruela de pernigón" o Prunus domestica.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of data
- datas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to data
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is data in Spanish?
data appears 22 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).