dedão
Portuguese, noun/deˈdɐ̃w̃/
dedão is spelled D-E-D-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,488th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dedão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “thumb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of dedo. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dedo grande do pé”.
What does dedão mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinethumb
- 2
colloquialmasculinebig toe
- 3
colloquialmasculineaugmentative of dedo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dedo grande do pé
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dedão
- dedões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dedão?
- Brazil /deˈdɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [deˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /dɨˈdɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dedão in Portuguese?
dedão appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).