FromSpanish Portuguese dedo ( “ digit ,finger ” ) , fromOld Spanish Old Galician-Portuguese dedo Latin digitus Proto-Indo-European *deyǵ- ( “ toshow , topoint out ” ) .
dedo (plural dedos
( historical ) traditional short Spanish unit oflength ,usually aboutequal to 1.75cm .( historical ) traditional short Portuguese unit oflength ,usually aboutequal to 1.8cm .( Spanish unit ) : punto ( 1 ⁄ 108 ) ,linea ( 1 ⁄ 9 ) ,pulgada ( 1+ 1 ⁄ 3 ) ,coto ( 6 dedos ) ,palmo ( 12 dedos ) ,pie ( 16 dedos ) ,codo ( 24 dedos ) ,vara ( 48 dedos ) ( Portuguese unit ) : ponto ( 1 ⁄ 96 ) ,linha ( 1 ⁄ 8 ) ,grao ( 1 ⁄ 4 ) ,polegada ( 1+ 1 ⁄ 2 ) ,palmo ( 12 dedos ) ,Portuguese foot ( 18 dedos ) ,covado ( 36 dedos ) ,vara ( 60 dedos ) FromSpanish dedo ( “ finger ” ) .
dedo
finger FromOld Galician-Portuguese dedo Latin digitus Portuguese dedo Spanish dedo Catalan dit
dedo m (plural dedos
finger toe Synonym: deda jigger FromOld Spanish dedo Latin digitus
dedo m
( anatomy ) finger Fromdē- dō ( “ I give ” ) .
dēdō (present infinitive dēdere perfect active dēdidī supine dēditum third conjugation
( transitive ) hand over ,surrender ,give up ,consign ,deliver ,yield ,abandon Synonyms: dēserō relinquō omittō concēdō cēdō dēcēdō dēstituō dēficiō oblīvīscor linquō dēsinō dissimulō trādō addīcō praetereō neglegō dēspondeō pōnō dō reddō remittō permittō dēferō trānsferō tribuō todevote ,dedicate Synonyms: studeō serviō “dedo Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 )A Latin Dictionary “dedo Charlton T. Lewis (1891 )An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers dedo inGaffiot, Félix (1934 )Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette. dedo inEnrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025 ),Dizionario Latino , Olivetti Media Communication Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894 )Latin Phrase-Book [1] Macmillan and Co. to abandon oneself to inactivity and apathy:desidiae et languori se dedere to devote oneself absolutely to the pursuit of pleasure:se totum voluptatibus dedere, tradere to devote oneself entirely to literature:se totum litteris tradere, dedere to abandon oneself to vice:animum vitiis dedere to abandon oneself (entirely) to debauchery:se (totum) libidinibus dedere to give up one's person and all one's possessions to the conqueror:se suaque omnia dedere victori Old Galician-Portuguese [ edit ] Inherited fromLatin digitum
Cognate withOld Spanish dedo
dedo m (plural dedos
digit ( finger ortoe ) Fala:deu Galician:dedo Portuguese:dedo see there for further descendants ) Manuel Ferreiro (2014 –2025 ) “dedo ”, inUniverso Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña:University of A Coruña ,→ISSN Ernesto Xosé González Seoane ,María Álvarez de la Granja ,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006 –2022 ) “dedo ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006 –2018 ) “dedo ”, inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Inherited fromOld Galician-Portuguese dedo Latin digitus Proto-Indo-European *deyǵ- ( “ to show, point out, pronounce solemnly ” ) .Doublet ofdígito Galician dedo Spanish dedo Catalan dit
Rhymes:-edu Hyphenation:de‧do dedo m (plural dedos
digit ,a part of the body inclusive of fingers or toes ( informal , measure) finger ,the width of a finger as an approximate unit of length adicione quatrodedos de leite ―add fourfingers of milk ( historical , measure) dedo a traditional Portuguese unit of measurement about equal to 1.8 cm The use ofdedo as either finger or toe is usually inferred by context. If needed, one can saydedo da mão ( “ hand digit ” ) ordedo do pé ( “ foot digit ” ) .
Inherited fromProto-Slavic *dědъ
dedo m pers ( relational adjective dedovský diminutive dedko or deduško
old man Synonym: starec grandfather Synonyms: starý otec ded Dedo Mráz —Grandfather Frost Дед Мороз , a nonreligious variation ofSanta Declension of
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“dedo ”, inSlovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk ,2003–2025 Inherited fromOld Spanish dedo Latin digitus Proto-Indo-European *deyǵ- ( “ to show, point out, pronounce solemnly ” ) .Doublet ofdígito Catalan dit Galician Portuguese dedo French doigt Italian dito Romanian deget
IPA (key ) : /ˈdedo/ [ˈd̪e.ð̞o] Rhymes:-edo Syllabification:de‧do dedo m (plural dedos
finger El pan, el queso y la fruta con dosdedos comerás; con tres también podrás; mas con cuatro ya es cosa bruta. Bread, cheese and fruit with twofingers thou shalt eat; with three thou also mayest; but with four it is the stuff of brutes already. ( anatomy ) digit ( a part of the body inclusive of fingers or toes ) thimble ( a small device to protect a thumb or finger during sewing ) ( informal ) finger ( the width of a finger as an approximate unit of length ) ( historical ) dedo ( a traditional Spanish unit of measurement about equal to 1.75 cm ) FromEnglish dead Spanish -o deds
dedò (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜇᜓ ( slang )
dead Synonyms: patay yari ( slang ) deds ( slang ) tigok ( slang ) todas dedô (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜇᜓ ( slang )
( figurative ) in trouble ;dead meat Synonyms: patay lagot huli Borrowed fromSpanish dedo Old Spanish dedo Latin digitus Doublet ofdihito
dedo (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜇᜓ ( anatomy )
finger Synonym: daliri “dedo ”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila,2018 Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993 )Tagalog Slang Dictionary [2] →ISBN 
