delectar
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin dēlectāre. Doublet of delitar, a popular development.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
delectar (first-person singular present delecto, first-person singular preterite delectí, past participle delectat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (transitive) to delight
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to delight [+ en (object) = in]
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of delectar (first conjugation)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “delectar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.