Dedo

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This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word (http://daily.tomisimo.org/) for January 6, 2009

dedo - masculine noun (el) - finger, toe. Look up dedo in the dictionary (http://www.tomisimo.org/dictionary/spanish_english/dedo)

Tenemos diez dedos en las manos y diez dedos en los pies.
We have ten fingers on our hands and ten toes on our feet.

[Jessica]

People keep telling me that we have 8 fingers, because thumbs aren't fingers. Is that true? I don't think so.

[María José]

People keep telling me that we have 8 fingers, because thumbs aren't fingers. Is that true? I don't think so.
:confused::thinking: Wouldn't know what to say... But most of my students have 20 fingers... or so they say...;) ( I have to admit it's my fault, I like tricking them :whistling:and as you know in Spanish there is only one translation for both finger and toe)

[Tomisimo]

It depends on the context. If you're comparing fingers and thumbs, then thumbs aren't fingers. If you're comparing fingers and toes, then thumbs are fingers too. :) Ask anyone how many fingers and how many toes they have, and they will answer 10 and 10. Technically, they're all phalanges anyway.

[Jessica]

oh ok and toes can be los dedos del pie (of one foot)
right?

[Rusty]

That's correct. Los dedos del pie son toes en inglés. You don't have to say del pie if it's understood you're talking about the feet.

[bmarquis124]

How do you pronounce this word? Do the d's sound more like the English 'th' or do they make the hard d sound?

[Jessica]

I think it's the hard d sound.
I don't know.
:(