delicioso

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin deliciōsus.

Pronunciation

 

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.li.siˈo.zu/ [de.li.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /de.liˈsjo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.li.siˈo.zo/ [de.li.sɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /de.liˈsjo.zo/

• (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

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /deliˈθjoso/ [d̪e.liˈθjo.so]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /deliˈsjoso/ [d̪e.liˈsjo.so]
• 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

Derived terms

• autodelicioso
• hacer el autodelicioso
• hacer el delicioso

 

Related terms

• delicia

 

Further reading

• “delicioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014