dano – Portuguese noun declension

Portuguese noun forms of dano

Noun: dano
Gender: m Hyphenation:
Singular mdano
Singular fdana
Plural mdanos
Plural fdanas

Sample Sentences

  • O casco do navio sofreu dano. (The ship’s hull suffered some damage.)
  • Não levou um tostão / Porque não tinha, não / Mas causou perdas e danos (She didn't take a buck / Because that I didn't have / But she caused losses and damages) [1966, Chico Buarque, “A Rita”, in Chico Buarque de Hollanda, Rádio Gravações Especializadas:]
  • Essa espada tem 20 de dano. (This sword has 20 damage.)

Etymology

1. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dano, from Latin damnum, from Proto-Italic *dapnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dh₂pnóm. The use in games is a semantic loan from English damage.
2. Cognate with Galician dano and Spanish daño. See: Old Portuguese Nouns 'dano', Old Portuguese Nouns 'dano', Latin Nouns 'damnum', Galician Nouns 'dano', Spanish Nouns 'daño'.

Verbs referencing "dano"

English Nouns damage.

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