delicado

delicado

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin delicātus.

Adjective

delicado m (feminine singular delicada, masculine plural delicados, feminine plural delicadas)

1. delicate

Derived terms

• delicadamente

Related terms

• delgado

Further reading

• “delicado” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēlicātus (“charming; delicate”). Compare the inherited doublet delgado.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.liˈka.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.liˈka.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.liˈka.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.liˈka.du/ [dɨ.liˈka.ðu]

• Hyphenation: de‧li‧ca‧do

Adjective

delicado (feminine delicada, masculine plural delicados, feminine plural delicadas, comparable, comparative maisdelicado, superlative o maisdelicado or delicadíssimo, diminutive delicadinho)

1. delicate (easily damaged)

   Synonym: frágil

2. delicate (characterized by a fine structure or thin lines)
3. refined (showing or having good feelings)

Related terms

• delgado
• delicadamente
• delicadeza
• delícia

 

Further reading

• “delicado” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin delicātus. Doublet of delgado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deliˈkado/ [d̪e.liˈka.ð̞o]

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• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: de‧li‧ca‧do

Adjective

delicado (feminine delicada, masculine plural delicados, feminine plural delicadas)

1. delicate
2. fragile
3. dainty, fine, refined
4. fussy
5. subtle (flavor, color)

Derived terms

• delicadamente
• delicadez
• delicadeza

 

Related terms

• delgado

Descendants

• → Cebuano: delikado
• → Tagalog: delikado

Further reading

• “delicado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014