dedo

From Spanish and Portuguese dedo (“digit, finger”), from Old Spanish and Old Galician-Portuguese dedo, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European *deyǵ- (“to show, to point out”).

dedo (plural dedos)

1. (historical) A traditional short Spanish unit of length, usually about equal to 1.75 cm.
2. (historical) A traditional short Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 1.8 cm.

• finger, digit (in Spanish or Portuguese contexts)

• (Spanish unit): punto (¹⁄₁₀₈ dedo), linea (¹⁄₉ dedo), pulgada (1+¹⁄₃ dedos), coto (6 dedos), palmo (12 dedos), pie (16 dedos), codo (24 dedos), vara (48 dedos)
• (Portuguese unit): ponto (¹⁄₉₆ dedo), linha (¹⁄₈ dedo), grao (¹⁄₄ dedo), polegada (1+¹⁄₂ dedos), palmo (12 dedos), Portuguese foot (18 dedos), covado (36 dedos), vara (60 dedos)

From Spanish dedo (“finger”).

dedo

1. finger

From Old Galician-Portuguese dedo, from Latin digitus. Cognate with Portuguese dedo, Spanish dedo and Catalan dit.

dedo m (plural dedos)

1. finger
2. toe
3. digit
4. jigger

From Old Spanish dedo, from Latin digitus.

dedo m (Latin spelling)

1. (anatomy) finger

From dē- +‎ dō (“I give”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.doː/, [ˈd̪eːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.do/, [ˈd̪ɛːd̪o]

dēdō (present infinitive dēdere, perfect active dēdidī, supine dēditum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) to 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

2. to devote, dedicate

   Synonyms: studeō, serviō

• dēditīcius
• dēditiō
• dēditus

• Romanian: deda

• “dedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• dedo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: 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
    

Inherited from Latin digitum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈde.do/

dedo f (plural dedos)

1. digit (finger or toe)

• Galician: dedo
• Portuguese: dedo (see there for further descendants)

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.

• Rhymes: -edu
• Hyphenation: de‧do

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dedo m (plural dedos)

1. digit, a part of the body inclusive of fingers or toes
2. (informal, measure) finger, the width of a finger as an approximate unit of length

   adicione quatro dedos de leite ― add four fingers of milk

3. (historical, measure) dedo, a traditional Portuguese unit of measurement about equal to 1.8 cm

• dedo da mão (finger), dedo do pé (toe)

• ponto (¹⁄₉₆ dedo), linha (¹⁄₈ dedo), grão (¹⁄₄ dedo), polegada (1+¹⁄₂ dedos), palmo (12 dedos), côvado (36 dedos), vara (60 dedos), braça (120 dedos)

• Kabuverdianu: dedu
• → Nheengatu: dedu
• Papiamentu: dede

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dědъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɟedɔ]

dedo m anim (genitive singular deda, nominative plural dedovia, genitive plural dedov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. old man

   Synonym: starec

2. grandfather

   Synonym: starý otec

   Dedo Mráz—Grandfather Frost (inspired by the Russian Дед Мороз, a nonreligious variation of Santa)

• dedko

• “dedo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdedo/ [ˈd̪e.ð̞o]

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• Rhymes: -edo
• Syllabification: de‧do

dedo m (plural dedos)

1. finger

   El pan, el queso y la fruta con dos dedos comerás; con tres también podrás; mas con cuatro ya es cosa bruta.

   Bread, cheese and fruit with two fingers thou shalt eat; with three thou also mayest; but with four it is the stuff of brutes already.

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

• dedo de pie (toe), dedo de mano (finger)

• (historical unit of length): punto (¹⁄₁₀₈ dedo), línea (¹⁄₉ dedo), pulgada (1+¹⁄₃ dedos), coto (6 dedos), palmo (12 dedos), pie (16 dedos), codo (24 dedos), vara (48 dedos)

• pulgar

• “dedo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014