dedilhado
Portuguese, noun/de.d͡ʒiˈʎa.du/
dedilhado is spelled D-E-D-I-L-H-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 85,416th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dedilhado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fingering (act of playing an instrument with one’s fingers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of dedilhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de usar os dedos para tocar um instrumento musical”.
What does dedilhado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefingering (act of playing an instrument with one’s fingers)
- 2
masculinefingering (the position of the fingers when playing a given chord)
adjective
- 1
played with one’s fingers
verb
- 1
past participle of dedilhar
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 dedilhado
- dedilhados plural
- dedilhada feminine
- dedilhadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dedilhado?
- Brazil /de.d͡ʒiˈʎa.du/
- Portugal /dɨ.diˈʎa.du/
- Portugal [dɨ.ðiˈʎa.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dedilhado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dedilhado in Portuguese?
dedilhado appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).