dedinho
Portuguese, noun/deˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲu/
dedinho is spelled D-E-D-I-N-H-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 36,381st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dedinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “little finger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of dedo. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dedo mindinho”.
What does dedinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of dedo
- 2
masculinelittle finger
- 3
masculinelittle toe
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dedo mindinho 2. pedido de pequena quantidade de bebida
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 dedinho
- dedinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dedinho?
- Brazil /deˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [deˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /dɨˈdi.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dedinho in Portuguese?
dedinho appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).