dose
Portuguese, noun/ˈdɔ.zi/
dose is spelled D-O-S-E (4 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,212th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dose is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dose (measured portion of medicine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of dosar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “quantidade de bebida”.
What does dose mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedose (measured portion of medicine)
- 2
Portugalfeminineportion (of food)
Uma meia dose de sardinhas assadas.
- 3
feminineinformalfix (a single dose of an addictive drug)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-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. quantidade de bebida
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 dose
- doses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dose?
- Brazil /ˈdɔ.zi/
- Portugal /ˈdɔ.zɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dose
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dose in Portuguese?
dose appears 20 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).