dação
Portuguese, noun/daˈsɐ̃w̃/
dação is spelled D-A-Ç-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 133,944th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de dar”.
What does dação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de dar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dação
- dações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dação?
- Brazil /daˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [daˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /daˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dação in Portuguese?
dação appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).