dedo

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish dedo (“finger”).

Noun

dedo

1. finger

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-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

1. (anatomy) finger

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Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ dō (“give”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.doː/, [ˈd̪eːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.do/, [ˈd̪ɛːd̪o]

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.

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēdō (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	dēdiderīmus	dēdiderītis	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	dēditūrum esse	dēdī	dēditum esse	dēditum īrī
participles		dēdēns	—	dēditūrus	—	dēditus	dēdendus, dēdundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēdendī	dēdendō	dēdendum	dēdendō	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 Galician-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

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

• Audio (BR):

  (file)

Noun

dedo m (plural s)

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 using 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 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, 2024

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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/ [ˈd̪e.ð̞o]

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, one may use dedo de pie or dedo de mano.

Derived terms

(diminutive dedillo or dedito)

• a dedo
• alzar el dedo
• como anillo al dedo
• 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
• dedocracia
• meter el dedo en la llaga
• no tener dos dedos de frente
• yema del dedo

 

Related terms

• digital

See also

• pulgar

Further reading

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