dígito

See also: digito, digitó, and digitò

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin digitus. Doublet of dedo, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.ʒi.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.ʒi.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.ʒi.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ʒi.tu/

• Hyphenation: dí‧gi‧to

Noun

dígito m (plural dígitos)

1. digit

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin digitus. Doublet of dedo, which was inherited. Cognate with Catalan dit and dígit, Portuguese dedo and dígito, and Galician dedo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdixito/ [ˈd̪i.xi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ixito
• Syllabification: dí‧gi‧to

Noun

dígito m (plural dígitos)

1. digit (numeral)

Further reading

• “dígito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10