pulgar

From Latin pollicāris, from pollex.

pulgar m (plural pulgares)

1. thumb (digit)

• dedón, deda, matapioyos

Inherited from Old Spanish pulgar, from Latin pollicāris, from pollex.

• IPA^(key): /pulˈɡaɾ/ [pulˈɣ̞aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pul‧gar

pulgar m (plural pulgares)

1. thumb, big toe

• Spanish does not differentiate between fingers and toes. To disambiguate you can use pulgar del pie or pulgar de la mano. In Spain it is usual to refer to the big toe as el dedo gordo del pie.

• dedo

• “pulgar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28