dedilhação
Portuguese, noun/de.d͡ʒi.ʎaˈsɐ̃w̃/
dedilhação is spelled D-E-D-I-L-H-A-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters). Dedilhação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “fingering (playing a musical instrument)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de usar os dedos para tocar um instrumento musical”.
What does dedilhação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefingering (playing a musical instrument)
- 2
Portugalfemininefingering; use of one's fingers to stimulate one's own or another person's vulva, vagina, or anus.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de usar os dedos para tocar um instrumento musical
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 dedilhação
- dedilhações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dedilhação?
- Brazil /de.d͡ʒi.ʎaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [de.d͡ʒi.ʎaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /dɨ.di.ʎɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dedilhação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.