Masculine

dedo

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

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

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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)

Concepts

finger
toe
digit
flip
footprint
👣
jigger
one
paw
ring finger
spot
thimble
thumb
touch

finger’s breadth

see a dos dedos de

fingerbreadth
thumbsbreadth
big toe
finger
bit
dactyl
Synonyms

anular
C2
barra
B2
casco
B2
dedal
49k

dedo de pie

espía
B2
mano
A1
✋
medidor
24k

dedo de la mano

dedo del pie
dedo pulgar
soplón
C2
culín
jocote
dátil
📅

guanete

Translations

doigt
dedo
dito
Finger
dit
vinger
digitus
parmak

δάχτυλο

Zehe
teen
orteil
Zeh
til
Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
de‧do
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdedo/
Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish
dedo
Inherited from Latin
Latin
digitus
Cognate with Catalan
Catalan
dit
Cognate with Galician
-
Cognate with Portuguese
Portuguese
dedo
Cognate with French
French
doigt
Cognate with Italian
Italian
dito
Cognate with Romanian
deget
In summary

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.

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