polegar

== English == === Noun === polegar (plural polegars) Alternative form of poligar. === Anagrams === Pergola, pergola == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === pollegar (obsolete) === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese pollegar, from Latin pollicāris (“of the thumb”), from pollex (“thumb”). Compare Spanish pulgar and Galician polgar. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: po‧le‧gar === Noun === polegar m (plural polegares) thumb (digit) Synonyms: dedo polegar, dedão, pólex, pólice big toe (largest human toe) Synonyms: dedão, dedão do pé, hálux === Adjective === polegar m or f (plural polegares, not comparable) pollical ==== Related terms ==== polegada === Further reading === “polegar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “polegar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026