dédalo

Learned borrowing from Latin Daedalus, from Ancient Greek Δαίδαλος (Daídalos), named after the inventor of the maze in Greek mythology.

• Hyphenation: dé‧da‧lo

dédalo m (plural dédalos)

1. maze, labyrinth (puzzle to get through)

   Synonym: labirinto

2. (figurative) maze, labyrinth (anything complicated or confusing)

• “dédalo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “dédalo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “dédalo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “dédalo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Learned borrowing from Latin Daedalus, from Ancient Greek Δαίδαλος (Daídalos), named after the inventor of the maze in Greek mythology.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdedalo/ [ˈd̪e.ð̞a.lo]
• Rhymes: -edalo
• Syllabification: dé‧da‧lo

dédalo m (plural dédalos)

1. maze, labyrinth (puzzle to get through)

   Synonym: laberinto

2. (figurative) maze, labyrinth (anything complicated or confusing)

• “dédalo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025