🇪🇸 Spanish

dato

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

el dato

datum

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dato
/el ˈdato/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say dato in Spanish?

IPA
/el ˈdato/

How do you pronounce dato in Spanish?

dato is pronounced /el ˈdato/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El dato importante fue recopilado por el investigador para su estudio.

The important fact was collected by the researcher for his study.

Ese dato estadístico revelado ayer cambió completamente nuestras conclusiones.

That statistical fact revealed yesterday completely changed our conclusions.

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Why is it masculine?

Dato is masculine because it derives from the Latin "datum" (neuter nominative), which became masculine in Spanish through regular sound changes and the tendency of neuter Latin nouns ending in "-um" to shift to the masculine gender in Romance languages. The word originally meant "something given" or "fact," retaining its masculine form as Spanish evolved from Latin.

What is the Spanish word for datum?

The Spanish word for datum is el dato — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇮🇹 Italiandatoilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesedadoomasculine

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