a dedo
Spanish edit
Adverb edit
- (idiomatic) through connections, through contacts, through friends in high places, thumbing
- Consiguió el trabajo a dedo.
- He got the job through contacts.
- (idiomatic) by hitchhiking, hitching, thumbing a ride
- He viajado por toda España a dedo.
- I hitched all round Spain.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “a dedo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014