dedo

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish dedo (“finger”).

Noun

dedo

1. finger

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese dedo, from Latin digitus.

Noun

dedo m (plural dedos)

1. finger
2. toe
3. digit
4. jigger

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Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish dedo, from Latin digitus.

Noun

dedo m (Latin spelling)

1. (anatomy) finger

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Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ dō (“give”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.doː/

Verb

dēdō (present infinitive dēdere, perfect active dēdidī, supine dēditum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) I hand over, surrender, give up, consign.
2. I devote, dedicate.

Inflection

Conjugation of dedo (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēdō	dēdis	dēdit	dēdimus	dēditis	dēdunt
	imperfect	dēdēbam	dēdēbās	dēdēbat	dēdēbāmus	dēdēbātis	dēdēbant
	future	dēdam	dēdēs	dēdet	dēdēmus	dēdētis	dēdent
	perfect	dēdidī	dēdidistī	dēdidit	dēdidimus	dēdidistis	dēdidērunt, dēdidēre
	pluperfect	dēdideram	dēdiderās	dēdiderat	dēdiderāmus	dēdiderātis	dēdiderant
	future perfect	dēdiderō	dēdideris	dēdiderit	dēdiderimus	dēdideritis	dēdiderint
passive	present	dēdor	dēderis, dēdere	dēditur	dēdimur	dēdiminī	dēduntur
	imperfect	dēdēbar	dēdēbāris, dēdēbāre	dēdēbātur	dēdēbāmur	dēdēbāminī	dēdēbantur
	future	dēdar	dēdēris, dēdēre	dēdētur	dēdēmur	dēdēminī	dēdentur
	perfect	dēditus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēditus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēditus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēdam	dēdās	dēdat	dēdāmus	dēdātis	dēdant
	imperfect	dēderem	dēderēs	dēderet	dēderēmus	dēderētis	dēderent
	perfect	dēdiderim	dēdiderīs	dēdiderit	dēdiderimus	dēdideritis	dēdiderint
	pluperfect	dēdidissem	dēdidissēs	dēdidisset	dēdidissēmus	dēdidissētis	dēdidissent
passive	present	dēdar	dēdāris, dēdāre	dēdātur	dēdāmur	dēdāminī	dēdantur
	imperfect	dēderer	dēderēris, dēderēre	dēderētur	dēderēmur	dēderēminī	dēderentur
	perfect	dēditus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēditus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēde	—	—	dēdite	—
	future	—	dēditō	dēditō	—	dēditōte	dēduntō
passive	present	—	dēdere	—	—	dēdiminī	—
	future	—	dēditor	dēditor	—	—	dēduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēdere	dēdidisse	dēditūrus esse	dēdī	dēditus esse	dēditum īrī
participles		dēdēns	—	dēditūrus	—	dēditus	dēdendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		dēdere	dēdendī	dēdendō	dēdendum	dēditum	dēditū

Derived terms

• dēditīcius
• dēditiō
• dēditus

Related terms

• abdō
• addō
• condō
• dīdō

• dō
• ēdō
• indō
• perdō

• prōdō
• reddō
• subdō
• trādō

Descendants

• Romanian: deda

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
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], 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
    

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese dedo, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European *deyǵ- (“to show, point out, pronounce solemnly”). Doublet of dígito, which was borrowed rather than inherited.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈde.ðu/
• Hyphenation: de‧do

• Audio (BR)

  (file)

Noun

dedo m (plural dedos)

1. finger
2. (by extension) an informal unit of measurement

   adicione quatro dedos de leite - add four fingers of milk

3. toe

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:dedo.

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dědъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɟɛdɔ/

Noun

dedo m (genitive singular deda, nominative plural dedovia, genitive plural dedov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. old man
2. grandfather

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

Declension

Declension of dedo

	singular	plural
nominative	dedo	dedovia
genitive	deda	dedov
dative	dedovi	dedom
accusative	deda	dedov
locative	dedovi	dedoch
instrumental	dedom	dedami

Synonyms

• (old man): starec
• (grandfather): starý otec

Derived terms

• dedko

Further reading

• dedo in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish dedo, from Latin digitus (compare Catalan dit, French doigt, Italian dito, Portuguese dedo, Romanian deget), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyǵ- (“to show, point out, pronounce solemnly”). Doublet of dígito, which was borrowed rather than inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdedo/, [ˈd̪eðo]

Noun

dedo m (plural dedos)

1. finger
2. toe
3. digit
4. thimble
5. jigger (small measure of liquor)

Usage notes

Spanish does not differentiate between fingers and toes. To disambiguate, you may use dedo de pie or dedo de mano.

Derived terms

(diminutive dedillo or dedito)

• dedal
• dedo anular
• dedo auricular
• dedo corazón
• dedo cordial
• dedo de Dios
• dedo de en medio
• dedo del corazón
• dedo gordo
• dedo índice
• dedo médico
• dedo meñique
• dedo mostrador
• dedo pulgar
• a dedo
• dedocracia

Related terms

• digital

See also

• pulgar

Further reading

• “dedo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.