Questo dato è la base della relazione.

to be

Breakdown of Questo dato è la base della relazione.

• questo: this
• della: of
• la base: the basis; foundation

Questions & Answers about Questo dato è la base della relazione.

Why is it questo dato and not questa dato?

Because dato is a masculine singular noun, so the demonstrative must agree with it.

• questo = masculine singular
• questa = feminine singular

So:

• questo dato = this piece of data
• questa relazione = this report / this relationship

Italian words usually have to agree in gender and number with the nouns they describe.

What does dato mean here?

Here, dato means data point, piece of information, or fact/data depending on context.

A useful thing for English speakers to notice is that Italian often uses dato as a singular countable noun, while in English data is often treated as a mass noun.

So:

• un dato = a piece of data / a datum
• due dati = two data points / two pieces of data

In this sentence, questo dato is most naturally this piece of data or this datum.

Why is there an accent in è?