Polyglot Dictionary

deleite

/deˈlejtʃi/

o noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os deleites

Meaning

  1. delight

    • Comeu com deleite.

      He ate with delight.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

delícia

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

delicia

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

Practice

1 What does deleite mean?

2 Fill the gap: Comeu com ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches deleite?

noun

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