dedo
Portuguese, noun/ˈde.du/
dedo is spelled D-E-D-O (4 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,772nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dedo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “digit, a part of the body inclusive of fingers or toes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cada uma das partes articuladas em que terminam os pés e as mãos”.
What does dedo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedigit, a part of the body inclusive of fingers or toes
- 2
informalmasculinefinger, the width of a finger as an approximate unit of length
adicione quatro dedos de leite
- 3
masculinededo, a traditional Portuguese unit of measurement about equal to 1.8 cm
- 4
masculinea small amount or something, either physical or metaphorical
Coloque um dedo de açúcar.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cada uma das partes articuladas em que terminam os pés e as mãos
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 dedo
- dedos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dedo?
- Brazil /ˈde.du/
- Portugal /ˈde.du/
- Portugal [ˈde.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 dedo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dedo in Portuguese?
dedo appears 32 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).