dedar
Portuguese, verb/deˈda(ʁ)/
dedar is spelled D-E-D-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 118,367th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dedar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to point (at someone/something) with the finger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does dedar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to point (at someone/something) with the finger
- 2
Brazilcolloquialsynonym of dedurar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of dedar
- dedo first-person present singular
- dedei first-person preterite singular
- dedado participle past
- dedares infinitive second-person singular
- dedarmos first-person infinitive plural
- dedardes infinitive plural second-person
- dedarem infinitive plural third-person
- dedando gerund
- dedados masculine participle past
- dedada feminine participle past
- dedadas feminine participle past
- dedas indicative present second-person
- deda indicative present singular
- dedamos first-person indicative plural
- dedais indicative plural present
- dedam indicative plural present
- dedava first-person imperfect indicative
- dedavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dedar?
- Brazil /deˈda(ʁ)/
- Brazil [deˈda(h)]
- /deˈda(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dedar in Portuguese?
dedar appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).