Etymology

From SpanishCategory:English terms borrowed from Spanish#DEDOCategory:English terms derived from Spanish#DEDO and PortugueseCategory:English terms borrowed from Portuguese#DEDOCategory:English terms derived from Portuguese#DEDO dedo (“digit, finger”), from Old SpanishCategory:English terms derived from Old Spanish#DEDO and Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:English terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#DEDO dedo, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#DEDO digitus, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#DEDO *deyǵ- (“to show, to point out”). Doublet of digitCategory:English doublets#DEDO.

Noun

dedo (plural dedos)Category:English lemmas#DEDOCategory:English nouns#DEDOCategory:English countable nouns#DEDOCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DEDOCategory:Pages with entries#DEDOCategory:Pages with 10 entries#DEDO

1. (historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#DEDO) A traditional short Spanish unit of length, usually about equal to 1.75 cm.
2. (historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#DEDO) A traditional short Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 1.8 cm.

Etymology

Inherited from SpanishCategory:Chavacano terms inherited from Spanish#DEDOCategory:Chavacano terms derived from Spanish#DEDO dedo (“finger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdedo/, [ˈd̪e.d̪o]Category:Chavacano terms with IPA pronunciation#DEDO
• Hyphenation: de‧do

Noun

dedoCategory:Chavacano lemmas#DEDOCategory:Chavacano nouns#DEDOCategory:Chavacano entries with incorrect language header#DEDOCategory:Pages with entries#DEDOCategory:Pages with 10 entries#DEDO

1. finger

Etymology

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#DEDOCategory:Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#DEDO dedo, from LatinCategory:Galician terms inherited from Latin#DEDOCategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#DEDO digitus. Cognate with Portuguese dedo, Spanish dedo and Catalan dit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdedo/ [ˈd̪e.ð̞ʊ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#DEDO
• Rhymes: -edoCategory:Rhymes:Galician/edo#DEDOCategory:Rhymes:Galician/edo/2 syllables#DEDO

Noun

dedo m (plural dedos)Category:Galician lemmas#DEDOCategory:Galician nouns#DEDOCategory:Galician countable nouns#DEDOCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#DEDOCategory:Galician masculine nouns#DEDOCategory:Pages with entries#DEDOCategory:Pages with 10 entries#DEDO

1. finger
2. toe

   Synonym: deda

3. jigger

References

• “dedo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “dedo”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Etymology

From Old SpanishCategory:Ladino terms inherited from Old Spanish#DEDOCategory:Ladino terms derived from Old Spanish#DEDO dedo, from LatinCategory:Ladino terms inherited from Latin#DEDOCategory:Ladino terms derived from Latin#DEDO digitus.

Noun

dedo mCategory:Ladino lemmas#DEDOCategory:Ladino nouns#DEDOCategory:Ladino nouns in Latin script#DEDOCategory:Ladino entries with incorrect language header#DEDOCategory:Ladino masculine nouns#DEDOCategory:Pages with entries#DEDOCategory:Pages with 10 entries#DEDO

1. (anatomyCategory:lad:Anatomy#DEDO) finger

Etymology

From dē- +‎ dō (“to give”)Category:Latin terms prefixed with de-#DO.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdeː.doː]Category:Latin 2-syllable words#DEDOCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#DEDO
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛː.do]Category:Latin 2-syllable words#DEDOCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#DEDO

Verb

dēdō (present infinitive dēdere, perfect active dēdidī, supine dēditum)Category:Latin lemmas#DEDOCategory:Latin verbs#DEDOCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#DEDOCategory:Pages with entries#DEDOCategory:Pages with 10 entries#DEDO; third conjugation

1. (transitiveCategory:Latin transitive verbs#DEDO) to hand over, surrender, give up, consign, deliver, yield, abandon

   Synonyms: dēserō, relinquō, omittō, concēdō, cēdō, dēcēdō, dēstituō, dēficiō, oblīvīscor, linquō, dēsinō, dissimulō, trādō, addīcō, praetereō, neglegō, dēspondeō, pōnō, dō, reddō, remittō, permittō, dēferō, trānsferō, tribuō

2. to devote, dedicate

   Synonyms: studeō, serviō

References

• “dedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “dedo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• dedo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to abandon oneself to inactivity and apathy: desidiae et languori se dedere
    
  • to devote oneself absolutely to the pursuit of pleasure: se totum voluptatibus dedere, tradere
    
  • to devote oneself entirely to literature: se totum litteris tradere, dedere
    
  • to abandon oneself to vice: animum vitiis dedere
    
  • to abandon oneself (entirely) to debauchery: se (totum) libidinibus dedere
    
  • to give up one's person and all one's possessions to the conqueror: se suaque omnia dedere victori
    

  Category:Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook

Etymology

Inherited from LatinCategory:Old Galician-Portuguese terms inherited from Latin#DEDOCategory:Old Galician-Portuguese terms derived from Latin#DEDO digitum.

Cognate with Old Spanish dedo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈde.do/Category:Old Galician-Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#DEDO
• Rhymes: -edoCategory:Rhymes:Old Galician-Portuguese/edo#DEDOCategory:Rhymes:Old Galician-Portuguese/edo/2 syllables#DEDO
• Hyphenation: de‧do

Noun

dedo m (plural dedos)Category:Old Galician-Portuguese lemmas#DEDOCategory:Old Galician-Portuguese nouns#DEDOCategory:Old Galician-Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#DEDOCategory:Old Galician-Portuguese masculine nouns#DEDOCategory:Pages with entries#DEDOCategory:Pages with 10 entries#DEDO

1. digit (finger or toe)

References

• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “dedo”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “dedo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “dedo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#DEDOCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#DEDO dedo, from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Latin#DEDOCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#DEDO digitus, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#DEDO *deyǵ- (“to show, point out, pronounce solemnly”). Doublet of dígitoCategory:Portuguese doublets#DEDO, which was borrowed. Compare Galician dedo, Spanish dedo, and Catalan dit.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Brazil):

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  Category:Portuguese terms with audio pronunciation#DEDO

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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  Category:Portuguese terms with audio pronunciation#DEDO
• Rhymes: -eduCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/edu#DEDOCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/edu/2 syllables#DEDO
• Hyphenation: de‧do

Noun

dedo m (plural dedos)Category:Portuguese lemmas#DEDOCategory:Portuguese nouns#DEDOCategory:Portuguese countable nouns#DEDOCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#DEDOCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#DEDOCategory:Pages with entries#DEDOCategory:Pages with 10 entries#DEDO

1. digit, a part of the body inclusive of fingers or toes
2. (informalCategory:Portuguese informal terms#DEDO, measure) finger, the width of a finger as an approximate unit of length

   adicione quatro dedos de leite ― add four fingers of milkCategory:Portuguese terms with usage examples#DEDO

3. (historicalCategory:Portuguese terms with historical senses#DEDO, measure) dedo, a traditional Portuguese unit of measurement about equal to 1.8 cm
4. (figuratively) a small amount or something, either physical or metaphorical

   Coloque um dedo de açúcar.

   Add a small amount of sugar

   Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#DEDO

   Há um dedo de psicologia no atendimento ao cliente.

   There is a hint of psychology in costumer service.

   Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#DEDO

Further reading

• “dedo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “dedo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-SlavicCategory:Slovak terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#DEDOCategory:Slovak terms derived from Proto-Slavic#DEDO *dědъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟedɔ/, [ˈɟedɔ]Category:Slovak 2-syllable words#DEDOCategory:Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation#DEDO
• Rhymes: -edɔCategory:Rhymes:Slovak/edɔ#DEDOCategory:Rhymes:Slovak/edɔ/2 syllables#DEDO
• Hyphenation: de‧do

Noun

dedo m pers (relational adjective dedovský, diminutive dedko or deduško)Category:Slovak lemmas#DEDOCategory:Slovak nouns#DEDOCategory:Slovak entries with incorrect language header#DEDOCategory:Slovak masculine nouns#DEDOCategory:Slovak personal nouns#DEDOCategory:Pages with entries#DEDOCategory:Pages with 10 entries#DEDO

1. old man

   Synonym: starec

2. grandfather

   Synonyms: starý otec, ded

   Dedo Mráz—Grandfather Frost (inspired by the Russian Дед Мороз, a nonreligious variation of Santa)

Further reading

• “dedo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Etymology

Inherited from Old SpanishCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish#DEDOCategory:Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish#DEDO dedo, from LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Latin#DEDOCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#DEDO digitus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#DEDO *deyǵ- (“to show, point out, pronounce solemnly”). Doublet of dígitoCategory:Spanish doublets#DEDO, which was borrowed rather than inherited. Cognate with Catalan dit, Galician and Portuguese dedo, French doigt, Italian dito, Romanian deget.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdedo/ [ˈd̪e.ð̞o]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#DEDOCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#DEDO

• Audio (Colombia):

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  Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#DEDO
• Rhymes: -edoCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/edo#DEDOCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/edo/2 syllables#DEDO
• Syllabification: de‧do

Noun

dedo m (plural dedos)Category:Spanish lemmas#DEDOCategory:Spanish nouns#DEDOCategory:Spanish countable nouns#DEDOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#DEDOCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#DEDOCategory:Pages with entries#DEDOCategory:Pages with 10 entries#DEDO

1. finger

   El pan, el queso y la fruta con dos dedos comerás; con tres también podrás; mas con cuatro ya es cosa bruta.

   Bread, cheese and fruit with two fingers thou shalt eat; with three thou also mayest; but with four it is the stuff of brutes already.

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#DEDO

2. (anatomyCategory:es:Anatomy#DEDO) digit (a part of the body inclusive of fingers or toes)
3. thimble (a small device to protect a thumb or finger during sewing)
4. (informalCategory:Spanish informal terms#DEDO) finger (the width of a finger as an approximate unit of length)
5. (historicalCategory:Spanish terms with historical senses#DEDO) dedo (a traditional Spanish unit of measurement about equal to 1.75 cm)

Further reading

• “dedo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Etymology 1

Borrowed from SpanishCategory:Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish#DEDOCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Spanish#DEDO dedo, from Old SpanishCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Old Spanish#DEDO dedo, from LatinCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Latin#DEDO digitus. Doublet of dihitoCategory:Tagalog doublets#DEDO.

Etymology 2

From EnglishCategory:Tagalog terms derived from English#DEDO dead +‎ SpanishCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Spanish#DEDO -o. Compare deds.

Further reading

• “dedo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993), Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 38