dedo

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noun

A traditional short Spanish unit of length, usually about equal to 1.75 cm.

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fingerdigit
OriginPortuguese dedo ← Old Galician-Portuguese dedo ← Latin digitus →
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Meanings

noundedo (plural dedos)

plural dedos

  1. historicalA traditional short Spanish unit of length, usually about equal to 1.75 cm.
  2. historicalA traditional short Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 1.8 cm.

Synonyms & antonyms

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fingerdigit

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*deyǵ-“to show, to point out”
  2. Latindigitus
  3. Old Galician-Portuguesededo
  4. Portuguesededo“digit, finger”
  5. Englishdedo

From Spanish and Portuguese dedo (“digit, finger”), from Old Spanish and Old Galician-Portuguese dedo, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European *deyǵ- (“to show, to point out”). Doublet of digit.

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APA

dedo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dedo

MLA

“dedo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dedo. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dedo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dedo.

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