delgado

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Asturian

Adjective

delgado

  1. neuter of delgáu

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese delgado, from Latin dēlicātus. Compare Portuguese delgado.

Pronunciation

Adjective

delgado (feminine delgada, masculine plural delgados, feminine plural delgadas)

  1. thin
    • 1448, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 295:
      viinte e duas maranas de fiado delgado et seys bincos de prata
      twenty two skeins of thin yarn and six silver earrings
  2. slender, slim
    • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 123:
      Et guareçeu daquela gordura et tornou a seer delgado como outro ome que delgado [fos]se.
      And he healed of said obesity and came back to be slim as another man who is slim
  3. (dated) fine, delicate

Derived terms

References

  • “delgado” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “delgado” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “delgado” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “delgado” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “delgado” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dēlicātus.

Adjective

delgado m (plural delgados, feminine delgada, feminine plural delgadas)

  1. slender, slim
  2. fine, delicate

Descendants

  • Galician: delgado
  • Portuguese: delgado

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese delgado, from Latin dēlicātus. Doublet of delicado, a borrowing. Compare Galician delgado.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

delgado (feminine delgada, masculine plural delgados, feminine plural delgadas, comparable, comparative mais delgado, superlative o mais delgado or delgadíssimo, diminutive delgadinho)

  1. thin (having little thickness)
    Synonyms: esguio, fino
    Antonyms: espesso, grosso
  2. slender; slim (having little body fat or flesh)
    Synonyms: esbelto, fino, magro
    Antonyms: gordo, obeso
  3. (of a tube) having a small diameter
  4. (of clouds, fog, mist, etc) sparse (not dense)
    Synonyms: esparso, ralo
    Antonyms: denso, espesso

Derived terms

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dēlicātus and doublet of delicado. Compare also English delicate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /delˈɡado/
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  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: del‧ga‧do

Adjective

delgado (feminine delgada, masculine plural delgados, feminine plural delgadas, superlative delgadísimo)

  1. thin, skinny
    Synonyms: esbelto, flaco
    Antonym: gordo
  2. delicate

Derived terms

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