delicioso

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-der.?

Proto-Italic *lakjō

Latin laciō

Latin dēliciō

Latin dēliciae

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Latin deliciōsusbor.

Portuguese delicioso

Borrowed from Latin deliciōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.li.siˈo.zu/, (faster) /de.liˈsjo.zu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.liˈsjo.zu/

• Hyphenation: de‧li‧ci‧o‧so

Adjective

delicioso (feminine deliciosa, masculine plural deliciosos, feminine plural deliciosas, comparable, comparative mais delicioso, superlative o mais delicioso or deliciosíssimo, metaphonic)

1. delicious

Further reading

• “delicioso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “delicioso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin deliciōsus. Cognate with English delicious, French délicieux, Italian delizioso, Portuguese delicioso, Romanian delicios.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deliˈθjoso/ [d̪e.liˈθjo.so] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /deliˈsjoso/ [d̪e.liˈsjo.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: de‧li‧cio‧so

Adjective

delicioso (feminine deliciosa, masculine plural deliciosos, feminine plural deliciosas, superlative deliciosísimo)

1. delicious, delectable, luscious

   Synonyms: exquisito, rico, sabroso

2. delightful

   Synonym: deleitoso

Derived terms

• autodelicioso
• hacer el autodelicioso
• hacer el delicioso

Related terms

• delicia

Further reading

• “delicioso”, 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