pulgar

/pulˈɡaɾ/ · B2 · noun · m

thumb

pulgar — thumb

👍 Sounds like pull-gar: your thumb is what you pull a grip with

From Latin pollex (thumb), via pollicaris. Anatomists still call the thumb the pollex. Dedo pulgar is the thumb, and pulgar del pie is the big toe. It's masculine: el pulgar.

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