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delicado

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Galician

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin delicātus.

Adjective

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

  1. delicate

Derived terms

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin dēlicātus (“charming; delicate”). Compare the inherited doublet delgado.

Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.liˈka.du/ [dɨ.liˈka.ðu], /dliˈka.du/ [dliˈka.ðu]

  • Hyphenation: de‧li‧ca‧do

Adjective

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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)
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Further reading

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  • “delicado” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin delicātus. Doublet of delgado.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /deliˈkado/ [d̪e.liˈka.ð̞o]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: de‧li‧ca‧do

Adjective

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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

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Descendants

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  • → Cebuano: delikado
  • → Tagalog: delikado

Further reading

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