delicado
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin delicātus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]delicado (feminine delicada, masculine plural delicados, feminine plural delicadas)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “delicado”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
- “delicado”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Semi-learned borrowing from Latin dēlicātus (“charming; delicate”). Compare the inherited doublet delgado.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: de‧li‧ca‧do
Adjective
[edit]delicado (feminine delicada, masculine plural delicados, feminine plural delicadas, comparable, comparative mais delicado, superlative o mais delicado or delicadíssimo, diminutive delicadinho)
- delicate (easily damaged)
- Synonym: frágil
- delicate (characterized by a fine structure or thin lines)
- refined (showing or having good feelings)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “delicado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “delicado” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “delicado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin delicātus. Doublet of delgado.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]delicado (feminine delicada, masculine plural delicados, feminine plural delicadas)
- delicate
- fragile
- dainty, fine, refined
- fussy
- subtle (flavor, color)
- (Argentina, derogatory) effeminate, gay
Derived terms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “delicado”, 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
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- Rhymes:Galician/ado
- Rhymes:Galician/ado/4 syllables
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ado
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