digo

See also: Digo, DIGO, and ɗigo

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• ligo

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: di‧go

Verb

digo

1. to take a bath
2. to swim
3. to give someone a bath
4. to shower; to bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance

Noun

digo

1. a bath

Esperanto

Etymology

From French digue and Italian diga, ultimately from Dutch dijk. Compare English dyke, German Deich.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiɡo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iɡo
• Syllabification: di‧go

Noun

digo (accusative singular digon, plural digoj, accusative plural digojn)

1. embankment
2. dyke, levee

Further reading

• “digo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “digo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Fijian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

digo (transitive form digova) (intransitive)

1. to inspect, to examine carefully, to scrutinise

   Synonym: dikeva

   Digova vinaka na itukutuku.

   Examine the report carefully.

2. to ponder, to contemplate, to consider thoughtfully

   Era digo tiko na ka e yaco.

   They are pondering what happened.

3. to admire, to regard with wonder (in some contexts)

   Sa digova na goneyalewa na nona isulu vou.

   The young woman admired her new dress.

Derived terms

• didigo (“to continue examining carefully”)

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “digo”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 66

Galician

Etymology

From Latin dīcō.

Verb

digo

1. first-person singular present indicative of dicir
2. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of dizer

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto digo, English dike, French digue, German Deich, Italian diga, Spanish dique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiɡo/

Noun

digo (plural digi)

1. levee, dyke, dam (embankment to prevent flooding)

Derived terms

• digizar (“to dyke, dam (up)”)

Ilocano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: di‧gó
• IPA^(key): /diˈɡo/, [dɪˈɡu]

Noun

digó

1. soup
2. coconut water

Derived terms

• agpadigo
• dumigo
• makidigo
• mamadigo

Pangasinan

Noun

digo

1. soup

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ɡu/ [ˈdi.ɣu]

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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Verb

digo

1. first-person singular present indicative of dizer

Interjection

digo

1. I mean (introduces a correction)

   Synonyms: quero dizer, quer dizer

   Comprei dez ovos. Digo, doze.

   I bought ten eggs. I mean, twelve.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dīcō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiɡo/ [ˈd̪i.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -iɡo
• Syllabification: di‧go

Interjection

digo

1. I mean; used to explain or correct a previous utterance

   ¡Buf, qué aburrido! Digo, el placer fue mío.

   How boring! I mean, the pleasure was all mine.

Verb

digo

1. first-person singular present indicative of decir

Further reading

• “digo”, 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

Yoruba

Etymology

From dí (“to cover”) +‎ ìgò (“bottle”), literally “to cover the bottle”. Noun sense derives from verb sense.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dí.ɡò/

Verb

dígò

1. (literally, transitive) to seal or cork a bottle
2. (idiomatic) to cover one's nakedness a cloth

Derived terms

• adígò (“loincloth, underwear”)
• ìdígò
• dígò-dígò

Noun

dígò

1. underwear, loincloth

   Synonyms: adígò, bàǹtẹ́, pátá, àwọ̀tẹ́lẹ̀