dedilhar
Portuguese
Etymology
From dedilho + -ar, from Spanish dedillo (“small finger”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.d͡ʒiˈʎa(ʁ)/ [de.d͡ʒiˈʎa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.d͡ʒiˈʎa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.d͡ʒiˈʎa(ʁ)/ [de.d͡ʒiˈʎa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.d͡ʒiˈʎa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.diˈʎaɾ/ [dɨ.ðiˈʎaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.diˈʎa.ɾi/ [dɨ.ðiˈʎa.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: de‧di‧lhar
Verb
dedilhar (first-person singular present dedilho, first-person singular preterite dedilhei, past participle dedilhado)
- to finger or touch, especially the strings of a musical instrument
- to drum one's fingers
- Synonym: tamborilar
Conjugation
Conjugation of dedilhar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “dedilhar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “dedilhar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025