deleitoso

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese deleytoso. By surface analysis, deleite (“delight”) +‎ -oso (“-ous”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lejˈtoso/ [lejˈt̪o.s̺ʊ]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Hyphenation: lei‧to‧so

Adjective

deleitoso (feminine deleitosa, masculine plural deleitosos, feminine plural deleitosas)

1. delightful

Related terms

• leite

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “deleytoso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “deleytoso”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “deleitoso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “deleitoso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Etymology

From deleite +‎ -oso.

Adjective

deleitoso (feminine deleitosa, masculine plural deleitosos, feminine plural deleitosas)

1. delightful

Further reading

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