delekti
Esperanto
Etymology
Derived from Latin dēlicātus (“giving pleasure, delightful, soft, luxurious, delicate”), from dēliciae (“pleasure, delight, luxury”), from delicere (“to allure”), from de (“away”) + lacere (“to allure, entice”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [deˈlekti]
- Rhymes: -ekti
- Hyphenation: de‧lek‧ti
Verb
delekti (present delektas, past delektis, future delektos, conditional delektus, volitive delektu)
- (transitive) to delight
- 1956, Kálmán Kalocsay, Ezopa Saĝo [Aesop's Wisdom]:
- La paŝtisto pri l'ondaro sin delektis kun admiro.
- The shepherd of the waves delighted in admiration.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of delekti
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Derived terms
- delektiĝi
- delektinda