dedo

From Spanish dedo (“finger”).

dedo

1. finger

From Old Portuguese dedo, from Latin digitus.

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 (“give”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.doː/

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

1. (transitive) I hand over, surrender, give up, consign.
2. I devote, dedicate.

• 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
• 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
    

From Old Portuguese dedo, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European *deyǵ- (“to show, point out, pronounce solemnly”). Doublet of dígito, which was borrowed rather than inherited.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈde.ðu/
• Hyphenation: de‧do

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dedo m (plural dedos)

1. finger
2. (by extension) an informal unit of measurement

   adicione quatro dedos de leite - add four fingers of milk

3. toe

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:dedo.

From Proto-Slavic *dědъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɟɛdɔ/

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

1. old man
2. grandfather

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

• (old man): starec
• (grandfather): starý otec

• dedko

• dedo in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdedo/, [ˈd̪eðo]

dedo m (plural dedos)

1. finger
2. toe
3. digit
4. thimble
5. jigger (small measure of liquor)

Spanish does not differentiate between fingers and toes. To disambiguate, you may use dedo de pie or dedo de mano.

(diminutive dedillo or dedito)

• digital

• pulgar

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