daí
Portuguese, contraction
daí is spelled D-A-Í (3 letters) and appears 69 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,387th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Daí is a Portuguese contraction meaning “contraction of de (“from”) + aí (“there (near you)”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, dai is a different word: “second-person plural imperative of dar”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contração da preposição de com o advérbio de lugar aí”.
What does daí mean in English?
contraction
- 1
contraction of de (“from”) + aí (“there (near you)”)
Jogue a bola daí.
- 2
Brazilthen, afterwards, thus
Daí ele saiu correndo.
- 3
used after finishing a sentence; then, afterwards
Podíamos jantar juntos amanhã, daí.
verb
- 1
second-person plural imperative of dar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
contraction: 1. contração da preposição de com o advérbio de lugar aí: 2. desse lugar; de onde está o receptor: 3. desse momento; dessa ocasião: 4. disso; desse ponto; dessa afirmação:
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 daí
- dahi alternative
- d'ahi alternative
- dahy alternative obsolete
- d'ahy alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to daí
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is daí in Portuguese?
daí appears 69 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).