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Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin delicātus.
Adjective
delicado (feminine delicada, masculine plural delicados, feminine plural delicadas)
- delicate
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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dēlicātus (“charming; delicate”). Compare the inherited doublet delgado.
Pronunciation
Adjective
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)
Further reading
- “delicado” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin delicātus. Doublet of delgado.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deliˈkado/
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: de‧li‧ca‧do
Adjective
delicado (feminine delicada, masculine plural delicados, feminine plural delicadas)
- delicate
- fragile
- dainty, fine, refined
- fussy
- subtle (flavor, color)
- (Argentina, derogatory) effeminate, gay
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