Kilo Lingo

el

masculine

/ˈda.to/

Line drawing of dato
Coloured illustration of dato
#1195 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

fact, piece of data, datum

Word origin

From Latin datum ('something given'), the past participle of dare ('to give'). The same root gives English data and datum.

Origin
Latin
Root
datum
English cognates
data, datum

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluraldatos

Examples

.

I need one more piece of data before making the decision.

.

The data from the study are very clear.

aparece .

That fact does not appear in the official report.

ordenador.

We keep all the customer data on the computer.

.

A single fact can change the whole story.

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Go to my review queue

This word is part of lesson 24.