dia
Portuguese, noun/ˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/
dia is spelled D-I-A (3 letters) and appears 1,698 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 53rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dia is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “period between sunrise and sunset” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espaço de tempo correspondente à rotação da Terra, que equivale a 23 horas, 56 minutos e 4 segundos”.
What does dia mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineperiod between sunrise and sunset
- 2
masculineperiod from midnight to the following midnight
- 3
masculineperiod of 24 hours
- 4
masculinerotational period of a planet
- 5
masculinedate celebrating a particular thing, usually an event, profession or person
- 6
masculinean unspecified period of time either in the past or in the future
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espaço de tempo correspondente à rotação da Terra, que equivale a 23 horas, 56 minutos e 4 segundos 2. espaço de 24 horas 3. parte do dia entre o nascer-do-sol e o pôr-do-sol 4. ciclo entre a meia-noite e a meia-noite seguinte
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 dia
- dias plural
- diazinho diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dia?
- Brazil /ˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ˈdi.ɐ/
- /ˈdi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dia in Portuguese?
dia appears 1,698 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).