Noun: dedo
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | dedo |
| Plural m | dedos |
Sample Sentences
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adicione quatro dedos de leite (add four fingers of milk)
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Coloque um dedo de açúcar. (Add a small amount of sugar)
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Há um dedo de psicologia no atendimento ao cliente. (There is a hint of psychology in costumer service.)
Nouns inflected like dedo
egocentrismo,
lantanídeo,
lantanídio,
miligrama,
flash card,
decímetro,
fingimento,
mililitro,
parassuicídio,
algómetro,
ancoradouro,
ancoradoiro,
escândalo,
sereio,
sereno,
sestro,
seguro,
senado,
enlatamento,
Dezembro, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
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. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
dedo', Old Portuguese Nouns '
dedo', Latin Nouns '
digitus', Galician Nouns '
dedo', Spanish Nouns '
dedo', Catalan Nouns '
dit'.
Verbs referencing "dedo"
English Nouns
dedo, Galician Nouns
dedo, Catalan Nouns
dit, Spanish Nouns
dígito.
Translations