delicioso
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin deliciōsus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.li.siˈo.zu/ [de.li.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /de.liˈsjo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.li.siˈo.zo/ [de.li.sɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /de.liˈsjo.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.liˈsjo.zu/
- Hyphenation: de‧li‧ci‧o‧so
Adjective
delicioso (feminine deliciosa, masculine plural deliciosos, feminine plural deliciosas, comparable, comparative maisdelicioso, superlative o maisdelicioso or deliciosíssimo, metaphonic)
- delicious
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin deliciōsus. Cognate with English delicious, French délicieux, Italian delizioso, Portuguese delicioso, Romanian delicios.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /deliˈθjoso/ [d̪e.liˈθjo.so]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /deliˈsjoso/ [d̪e.liˈsjo.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: de‧li‧cio‧so
Adjective
delicioso (feminine deliciosa, masculine plural deliciosos, feminine plural deliciosas, superlative deliciosísimo)
- delicious, delectable, luscious
- Synonyms: exquisito, rico, sabroso
- delightful
Derived terms
- hacer el delicioso
- autodelicioso
Related terms
- delicia
Further reading
- “delicioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014