dedo-duro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• dedo duro (misspelling)

Etymology

Idiomatic. Literally, “hard finger”, referring to firmly pointing at someone in order to accuse.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈde.du ˈdu.ɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈde.du ˈdu.ɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈde.do ˈdu.ɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈde.du ˈdu.ɾu/ [ˈde.ðu ˈðu.ɾu]

• Hyphenation: de‧do‧-du‧ro

Noun

dedo-duro m or f by sense (plural dedos-duros)

1. (slang) informer, snitch, grass (someone who informs authorities about someone else's illegal behaviour, usually with bad intents)

   Synonyms: alcaguete, cagueta, informante, X9

Derived terms

• dedurar

Further reading

• “dedo-duro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “dedo-duro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026