#128 · Noun · NOUN
In Romanian, dată means “date; calendar day”. It’s the #128 most frequently used Romanian word. Below you’ll find how to use it, its forms, real example sentences, and common word pairings.
A feminine noun used mainly for a specific day or moment in time, or for an occurrence/instance.
neutralThe day of a month, usually written as a number and often used with the calendar.
What is today's date?
Please write the date on the form.
I changed the date of the meeting.
Used in expressions like 'de data aceasta' and 'o dată' meaning 'once/one time' in some contexts.
This time, everything went well.
There was once in our village.
Don't make the same mistake a second time.
Ranked by how often each form shows up in spoken Romanian. The top 2 forms cover about 91% of everyday use — learn these first.
| plural definite | datele | |
|---|---|---|
| plural indefinite | date | |
| singular definite | data | |
| singular indefinite | o dată | |
| genitive dative plural | datelor | |
| genitive dative singular | unei date |
Vă rog să-mi spuneți data exactă a plecării.
Please tell me the exact date of departure.
data exactă - calendar date
De data aceasta, am ajuns la timp.
This time, I arrived on time.
de data aceasta - specific occasion
Nu știu data nașterii lui.
I don't know his date of birth.
data nașterii - birth date
Common phrases built around dată — worth learning as whole units.
lit. “of the-time this”