dedo
Meanings
Noun
1. digit: finger or toe, literally translated as "finger" and thought of that way by Spanish-speaking learners of English (anatomy)
2. thimble (a small device to protect a thumb or finger during sewing)
3. finger (the width of a finger as an approximate unit of length) (informal)
4. dedo (a traditional Spanish unit of measurement about equal to 1.75 cm) (historical)
Examples208
El ser humano tiene veinte dedos, diez en las manos y diez en los pies.
Humans have twenty digits, ten on the hands and ten on the feet.
¿Puedo poner esto en su dedo?
Can I put this on your finger?
Juan le puso el dedo a James.
Juan exposed James as a wrongdoer.
No sentía los dedos.
I had no feeling in my fingers.
Tomás perdió un dedo.
Tom lost a finger.
Así no lo conseguirás. Usa dos dedos.
You won't get it that way. Use two fingers.