dama
Portuguese, noun/ˈdɐ̃.mɐ/
dama is spelled D-A-M-A (4 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,459th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dama is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “lady” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peça do jogo de xadrez”.
What does dama mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelady
- 2
femininequeen
- 3
femininequeen
- 4
feminineking (a piece of checkers that reached the farthest row forward)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peça do jogo de xadrez 2. mulher educada 3. mulher nobre 4. nome de uma das cartas do baralho
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 dama
- damas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dama?
- Brazil /ˈdɐ̃.mɐ/
- Portugal /ˈdɐ.mɐ/
- Portugal /ˈda.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dama
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dama in Portuguese?
dama appears 19 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).