delectación

See also: delectacion

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish delectaçion (c. 1293), borrowed from Latin dēlectātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deleɡtaˈθjon/ [d̪e.leɣ̞.t̪aˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /deleɡtaˈsjon/ [d̪e.leɣ̞.t̪aˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: de‧lec‧ta‧ción

Noun

delectación f (plural delectaciones)

1. delectation

Further reading

• “delectación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025