dia

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) day
2. (masculine) day
3. (masculine) day
4. (masculine) day
5. (masculine) day
6. (masculine) day

Adv

occurring on the specified day of the month

Hyphenated as

di‧a

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dia, from Vulgar Latin *dia, first-declension reshaping of Classical Latin diēs, reformed from the accusative diem, from Proto-Italic *djēm, the accusative of *djous (“day, sky”), from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”).

Sentences

Um pouco a cada dia é muito em um ano .

A little every day is a lot in a year.

" A guerra vai acabar um dia ?" disse a menina .

“Is the war going to end one day?” the girl said.

Você passou por mim na rua quase todo dia .

You passed me on the street almost every day.

No dia seguinte ?, o primeiro sinal claro de perigo apareceu .

The next day?, the first clear sign of danger appeared.

Aquele que luta e foge ? vive para lutar outro dia .

He who fights and flees lives to fight another day.

A partir de junho , o dia começa a cair .

Starting in June, the day begins to fall.

No final de fevereiro , dia inteiro .

At the end of February, full day.

Você estava voltando naquele dia .

You were coming back that day.