dígito
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin digitus. Doublet of dedo, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
- (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)
Further reading
- “dígito”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “dígito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
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)
- digit (numeral)
Further reading
- “dígito”, 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