dedos
os dedos
fingers
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How do you say dedos in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce dedos in Portuguese?
dedos is pronounced /us ˈdedus/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
O dedo machucado do João está inchado e roxo.
João's injured finger is swollen and purple.
Aquele dedo longo é perfeito para tocar piano.
That long finger is perfect for playing piano.
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Why is it masculine?
Dedos (finger) is masculine because it derives from Latin "digitus," which was a masculine noun (following the second declension masculine pattern), and Portuguese inherited this grammatical gender along with the word itself. Like many Romance language nouns, Portuguese retained the gender classification of its Latin ancestors even when the declensional endings changed.
What is the Portuguese word for fingers?
The Portuguese word for fingers is os dedos — masculine.
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