dedo

Meaning

1. (masculine) finger
2. (masculine) digit (a part of the body inclusive of fingers or toes)
3. (masculine) thimble (a small device to protect a thumb or finger during sewing)
4. (informal,masculine) finger (the width of a finger as an approximate unit of length)
5. (historical,masculine) dedo (a traditional Spanish unit of measurement about equal to 1.75 cm)

Hyphenated as

de‧do

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdedo/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish dedo, from Latin digitus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyǵ- (“to show, point out, pronounce solemnly”). Doublet of dígito, which was borrowed rather than inherited. Cognate with Catalan dit, Galician and Portuguese dedo, French doigt, Italian dito, Romanian deget.

Sentences

Un dedo no hace mano , pero sí con sus hermanos .

A finger does not make a hand, but it does with its brothers.