dato

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dato"

English

Noun

dato (plural datos)

1. Alternative form of datto.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ˈda.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈda.to]

Verb

dato

1. first-person singular present indicative of datar

Cebuano

Etymology

From datu.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧to
• IPA^(key): /ˈdatoʔ/ [ˈd̪aː.t̪oʔ]

Adjective

datò (Badlit spelling ᜇᜆᜓ)

1. wealthy

Noun

datò (Badlit spelling ᜇᜆᜓ)

1. wealthy person

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaːto/, [ˈd̥æːtˢo], [ˈtɛːtsʰo̝]

Noun

dato c (singular definite datoen, plural indefinite datoer)

1. date (a given point of time)

Derived terms

• fødselsdato
• udløbsdato

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaː.toː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: da‧to

Noun

dato n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. the given date

   Tien jaar na dato gaan er nog steeds stemmen op dat het geen ongeluk was, maar dat het om een samenzwering gaat.^(WP) — Ten years after the given date, there still rise up voices saying that it was no accident, but that it had to do with a conspiracy.

Related terms

• datum

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdato/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: da‧to

Noun

dato (accusative singular daton, plural datoj, accusative plural datojn)

1. date (of the calendar)

Derived terms

• dati

Further reading

• “dato”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “dato”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin datum. Cf. dado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdato/ [ˈd̪a.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ato

Noun

dato m (plural datos)

1. datum (a single piece of information)

Derived terms

• almacén de datos
• banco de datos
• base de datos
• procesamento de datos
• protección de datos
• tipo de dato

Verb

dato

1. first-person singular present indicative of datar

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdaːto]
• Hyphenation: da‧to

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adverb

dato

1. the given date

Derived terms

• bis dato

Further reading

• “dato” in Duden online
• “dato”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdato/ [ˈda.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: da‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tajio [Term?].

Noun

dato (plural dato-dato)

1. (dialect) illness with symptoms such as fever, vomiting, and dizziness, believed to be a warning from spirits.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Tetum [Term?].

Noun

dato (plural dato-dato)

1. (dialect) the noble class of the Tetun tribe who heads the fukun

Further reading

• “dato”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: dà‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin datus.

Participle

dato (feminine data, masculine plural dati, feminine plural date)

1. past participle of dare

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dato

1. first-person singular present indicative of datare

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin datum.

Noun

dato m (plural dati)

1. datum (item of data)
2. (mathematics) given value
3. fact
4. evidence, proof

Derived terms

• dato di fatto

Anagrams

• dota

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup.

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti

Proto-Italic *didō

Latin dō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin datō

From dō (“to give”) + -tō (forming frequentatives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈda.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdaː.to]

Verb

datō (present infinitive datāre, perfect active datāvī, supine datātum); first conjugation (chiefly pre-classical, also post-classical, very rare, especially of money)

1. to give frequently, hand over often
   • c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Mostellaria 3.1.69–70:

     Molestus ne sis. Nemo dat, age quid lubet.
     Tu solus, credo, faenore argentum datas.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • c. 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus 625–627:

     Quid dubitas dare?
     — Tibi ego dem? — Mihi hercle vero, qui res rationesque eri
     Ballionis curo, argentum accepto [expenso] et quoi debet dato.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • c. 186 BCE, Plautus, Aulularia 4.4.10 (with an obscene wordplay on the preposition pōne):

     Quid agam? — Auferre non potes. — Quid vis tibi?
     — Pone. — Id quidem pol te datare credo consuetum, senex.
     — Pone hoc sis, aufer cavillam, non ego nunc nugas ago.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 25.23.58:

     Themison binas, non amplius, drachmas datavit; […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • c. 430 CE – c. 489 CE, Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae 6.13:

     At ille sic ira celer, quod piger mole, seu draco e specu vix evolutus iam metu exanguibus Gabalitanis e proximo infertur; quos singulos sparsos inoppidatos nunc inauditis indictionum generibus exhaurit, nunc flexuosa calumniarum fraude circumretit, ne tum quidem domum laboriosos redire permittens, cum tributum annuum datavere.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of datō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	datō		datās		datat		datāmus		datātis		datant
	imperfect	datābam		datābās		datābat		datābāmus		datābātis		datābant
	future	datābō		datābis		datābit		datābimus		datābitis		datābunt
	perfect	datāvī		datāvistī		datāvit		datāvimus		datāvistis		datāvērunt, datāvēre
	pluperfect	datāveram		datāverās		datāverat		datāverāmus		datāverātis		datāverant
	future perfect	datāverō		datāveris		datāverit		datāverimus		datāveritis		datāverint
passive	present	dator		datāris, datāre		datātur		datāmur		datāminī		datantur
	imperfect	datābar		datābāris, datābāre		datābātur		datābāmur		datābāminī		datābantur
	future	datābor		datāberis, datābere		datābitur		datābimur		datābiminī		datābuntur
	perfect	datātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	datātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	datātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	datem		datēs		datet		datēmus		datētis		datent
	imperfect	datārem		datārēs		datāret		datārēmus		datārētis		datārent
	perfect	datāverim		datāverīs		datāverit		datāverīmus		datāverītis		datāverint
	pluperfect	datāvissem		datāvissēs		datāvisset		datāvissēmus		datāvissētis		datāvissent
passive	present	dater		datēris, datēre		datētur		datēmur		datēminī		datentur
	imperfect	datārer		datārēris, datārēre		datārētur		datārēmur		datārēminī		datārentur
	perfect	datātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	datātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		datā		—		—		datāte		—
	future	—		datātō		datātō		—		datātōte		datantō
passive	present	—		datāre		—		—		datāminī		—
	future	—		datātor		datātor		—		—		datantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		datāre			datārī			datāns			—
future		datātūrum esse			datātum īrī			datātūrus			datandus
perfect		datāvisse			datātum esse			—			datātus
future perfect		—			datātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		datātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		datandī		datandō		datandum		datandō		datātum		datātū

Derived terms

• datātim

Noun

datō

1. dative/ablative singular of datum

Verb

datō

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of dō

Participle

datō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of datus

References

• “dato”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dato”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Mansaka

Etymology

From datu.

Noun

dato

1. chief

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

dato m (definite singular datoen, indefinite plural datoer, definite plural datoene)

1. date (specific day)

Derived terms

• datolinje
• fødselsdato
• leveringsdato
• salgsdato
• utløpsdato

References

• “dato” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

dato m (definite singular datoen, indefinite plural datoar, definite plural datoane)

1. date (specific day)

Derived terms

• datolinje
• fødselsdato
• leveringsdato

References

• “dato” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.tɔ/
• Rhymes: -atɔ
• Syllabification: da‧to

Noun

dato f

1. vocative singular of data

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈda.tu/

• Rhymes: -atu

Verb

dato

1. first-person singular present indicative of datar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdato/ [ˈd̪a.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: da‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin datum. Cf. dado.

Noun

dato m (plural datos)

1. datum (a single piece of information)

Derived terms

• almacén de datos
• banco de datos
• base de datos
• dato de color
• ojo al dato
• para más datos
• procesamiento de datos
• protección de datos
• tipo de dato

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dato

1. first-person singular present indicative of datar

Further reading

• “dato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Noun

dato

1. only used in till dags dato

References

• “dato”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “dato”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “dato”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *datu

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu

Tagalog dato

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu. Compare Maranao dato', Fijian ratu, Javanese ꦫꦠꦸ (ratu), and Malay datu / datuk. Doublet of datu.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈdatoʔ/ [ˈd̪aː.t̪oʔ] (“middle finger/toe; datu; scales of a fighting cock; head sacristan”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -atoʔ
  • IPA^(key): /daˈto/ [d̪ɐˈt̪o] (“deputy of a datu”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: da‧to

Noun

datò (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜆᜓ)

1. middle finger or toe

   Synonyms: hinlalato, hinggigitna

2. alternative form of datu (“datu”)
3. scales of a fighting cock
4. (Christianity, obsolete) head sacristan

   Synonym: sakristan mayor

Derived terms

• daliring dato
• hinlalato

Related terms

• tudlong-dato

See also

• kabesa de barangay

Noun

dató (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜆᜓ)

1. (obsolete) deputy of a datu

Further reading

• “dato”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por el P. Juan de Noceda y el P. Pedro de Sanlucar. Ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[2] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.‎^[3] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[4] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 130: “Cabo) Dato (pp) de barangay”

Venetan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin datum. Compare Italian dato.

Noun

dato m (plural dati)

1. data, information