polegar

polegar (plural polegars)

1. Alternative form of poligar

• Pergola, pergola

• pollegar (obsolete)

From Old Galician-Portuguese pollegar, from Latin pollicāris (“of the thumb”), from pollex (“thumb”). Compare Spanish pulgar and Galician polgar.

• Hyphenation: po‧le‧gar

polegar m (plural polegares)

1. thumb (digit)

   Synonyms: dedo polegar, dedão, pólex, pólice

2. big toe (largest human toe)

   Synonyms: dedão, dedão do pé, hálux

polegar m or f (plural polegares, not comparable)

1. pollical

• polegada