data
Portuguese, noun/ˈda.tɐ/
data is spelled D-A-T-A (4 letters) and appears 120 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Data is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “date (point of time at which a transaction or event takes place)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of datar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “valor que indica um determinado momento no tempo”.
What does data mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedate (point of time at which a transaction or event takes place)
Qual é sua data de nascimento?
- 2
feminineinformala large quantity
Uma data de coisas.
- 3
feminineinformala lot, a plot of land
Quero comprar esta data.
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. valor que indica um determinado momento no tempo 2. sova, tareia 3. grande porção
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 data
- datas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce data?
- Brazil /ˈda.tɐ/
- Portugal /ˈda.tɐ/
- /ˈda.ta/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to data
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is data in Portuguese?
data appears 120 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).