DC
Portuguese, adverb/ˌdeˈse/
DC is spelled D-C (2 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,157th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). DC is a Portuguese adverb meaning “AD (after the birth of Christ)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does DC mean in English?
adverb
- 1
AD (after the birth of Christ)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Democracia Cristã, partido político, antigo PSDC (Partido Social Democrata Cristão) 2. depois de Cristo
abbreviation: 1. forma abreviada de depois de Cristo
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 DC
- aC canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce DC?
- Brazil /ˌdeˈse/
- Portugal /ˌdeˈse/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to DC
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is DC in Portuguese?
DC appears 13 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).