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digital

Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒi.ʒiˈtaw/

digital is spelled D-I-G-I-T-A-L (7 letters) and appears 102 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 957th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Digital is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ellipsis of impressão digital” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “certa planta venenosa”.

What does digital mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinedigital; having to do with the fingers or toes

  2. 2

    femininemasculinedealing with discrete values rather than a continuous spectrum of values

  3. 3

    femininemasculinedealing with the display of numerical values

noun

  1. 1

    Brazilfeminineellipsis of impressão digital

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. relativo aos dedos 2. relativo aos dígitos (cada um dos algarismos de 0 a 9) ou que apresenta informação em forma de dígitos: 3. diz-se dos equipamentos que, para processar informação, utilizam o código binário (os dígitos 0 e 1) para representar impulsos elétricos ou a sua ausência:

noun: 1. certa planta venenosa

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 digital

  • digitais plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce digital?

  • Brazil /d͡ʒi.ʒiˈtaw/
  • Brazil [d͡ʒi.ʒiˈtaʊ̯]
  • Portugal /di.ʒiˈtal/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to digital

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is digital in Portuguese?

digital appears 102 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).

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