Polyglot Dictionary

delícia

/deˈlisjɐ/

a noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as delícias

Meaning

  1. delight

    • Este bolo é uma delícia.

      This cake is delicious.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

deleite

delícia is more common and casual, used for food, "que delícia!"; deleite is more formal or literary — both mean "delight."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

deleite

deleite is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "delight."

Spanish

delicia

delicia is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "delight."

Practice

1 What does delícia mean?

2 Fill the gap: Este bolo é uma ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches delícia?

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