Masculí

dedo

(Anglès)

  1. (masculine) digit, a part of the body inclusive of fingers or toes
  2. (informal, masculine) finger, the width of a finger as an approximate unit of length
  3. (historical, masculine) dedo, a traditional Portuguese unit of measurement about equal to 1.8 cm
  4. (figuratively, masculine) a small amount or something, either physical or metaphorical

Freqüència

B1
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈde.du/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dedo, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European *deyǵ- (“to show, point out, pronounce solemnly”). Doublet of dígito, which was borrowed. Compare Galician dedo, Spanish dedo, and Catalan dit.

Related words

dit del peu

dit gros

guarisme

dit de la mà

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