damas
Portuguese, noun/ˈdɐ̃.mɐs/
damas is spelled D-A-M-A-S (5 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,325th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Damas is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “checkers; draughts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of dama. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “jogo de tabuleiro para dois jogadores que usa um tabuleiro quadrado com sessenta e quatro quadrados menores…”.
What does damas mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecheckers; draughts
noun
- 1
plural of dama
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jogo de tabuleiro para dois jogadores que usa um tabuleiro quadrado com sessenta e quatro quadrados menores alternados claros e escuros, chamados casas; cada jogador tem doze peças; o objetivo do jogo é capturar ou imobilizar as peças do adversário
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.
How do you pronounce damas?
- Brazil /ˈdɐ̃.mɐs/
- /ˈdɐ̃.mɐʃ/
- Portugal /ˈdɐ.mɐʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to damas
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is damas in Portuguese?
damas appears 6.3 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).