Dano

Dano is a term that can refer to several distinct concepts in different languages and contexts. In Portuguese, dano means damage or harm, and it is used in everyday language as well as in legal, medical, and insurance phrasing to denote harm to persons or property. Common uses include expressions such as dano material (economic damage) and dano moral (moral damages).

As a proper noun, Dano occurs as a given name or surname in various cultures. It may appear in Portuguese-speaking communities and elsewhere as part of personal names, sometimes as a standalone name or as a short form of longer names such as Daniel.

Geographically and culturally, Dano can appear in place names, organization names, or titles in different countries, reflecting local history and language. In such uses, the meaning is tied to the proper noun rather than the general sense of damage.

In Spanish, the word for damage is daño, with an accent; dano without the accent is not standard in modern Spanish and is generally seen only in non-standard spellings or stylized contexts. Because Dano spans languages and uses, its precise meaning depends on context, and clarification is usually necessary when encountering the term in texts or naming conventions. See also Daño, a related term in Spanish referring to damage.