polegar
English
Noun
polegar (plural polegars)
- Alternative form of poligar
Anagrams
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- pollegar (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese pollegar, from Latin pollicāris (“of the thumb”), from pollex (“thumb”). Compare Spanish pulgar and Galician polgar.
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Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: po‧le‧gar
Noun
polegar m (plural es)
Synonyms
- (thumb): dedo polegar, pólex, pólice
- (big toe): dedão, dedão do pé, hálux
Adjective
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Related terms
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- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
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- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese words suffixed with -ar
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