dar uma de
The verdict
“dar uma de” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - agir (falar, posicionar-se, etc.) semelhante a outra coisa (pessoa, adjetivo, etc.) que será dito a seguir
Corpus desk
Index PT-dar-uma-de · dar uma de · Portuguese
dar uma de · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dar uma de |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “dar uma de” em português
Rare enough to double-check
dar uma de is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "agir (falar, posicionar-se, etc.) semelhante a outra coisa (pessoa, adjetivo, etc.) que será dito a seguir".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dar uma de, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is dar uma de, spelled D-A-R- -U-M-A- -D-E.
Definition
- 1agir (falar, posicionar-se, etc.) semelhante a outra coisa (pessoa, adjetivo, etc.) que será dito a seguir
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dar uma de appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Brecheret, quem diria, deu uma de Hitchcock, e se retratou entre as figuras que seguem logo atrás dos líderes a cavalo.
“O PMDB deu uma de macho”, disse o senador Ney Suassuna (PMDB-PB), celebrando a entrada do partido, que disputava a presidência do Congresso ...
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.