pulgar
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Asturian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin pollicāris, from pollex.
Noun
[edit]pulgar m (plural pulgares)
- thumb (digit)
Synonyms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish pulgar, from Latin pollicāris, from pollex.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pulgar m (plural pulgares)
Usage notes
[edit]- Spanish does not differentiate between fingers and toes. To disambiguate you can use pulgar del pie or pulgar de la mano. In Spain it is usual to refer to the big toe as el dedo gordo del pie.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pulgar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Asturian terms inherited from Latin
- Asturian terms derived from Latin
- Asturian lemmas
- Asturian nouns
- Asturian masculine nouns
- Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ
- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
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