delicado

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin delicātus.

Adjective

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

1. delicate

Derived terms

• delicadamente

Related terms

• delgado

Further reading

• “delicado”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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], /dliˈka.du/ [dliˈka.ðu]

• Hyphenation: de‧li‧ca‧do

Adjective

delicado (feminine delicada, masculine plural delicados, feminine plural delicadas, comparable, comparative mais delicado, superlative o mais delicado 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

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)
6. (Argentina, derogatory) effeminate, gay

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