dito
Portuguese, noun/ˈd͡ʒi.tu/
dito is spelled D-I-T-O (4 letters) and appears 56 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,705th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dito is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “saying; proverb (phrase expressing a basic truth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of dizer. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “expressão que se diz”.
What does dito mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesaying; proverb (phrase expressing a basic truth)
adjective
- 1
said (mentioned earlier)
verb
- 1
past participle of dizer
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of ditar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se disse
noun: 1. expressão que se diz 2. mexerico
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 dito
- ditos plural
- ditto alternative obsolete
- dicto alternative obsolete
- dita feminine
- ditas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dito?
- Brazil /ˈd͡ʒi.tu/
- Portugal /ˈdi.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dito in Portuguese?
dito appears 56 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).