deleitar
Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese deleitar, from Old Occitan deleitar, from Latin delectare (“to charm”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /delejˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.lejˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
Verb
deleitar (first-person singular present deleito, first-person singular preterite deleitei, past participle deleitado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of deleitar
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) |
Second-person (ti) |
Third-person (el / ela / Vde.) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | deleitar | |||||
| Personal | deleitar | deleitares | deleitar | deleitarmos | deleitardes | deleitaren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| deleitando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | deleitado | deleitados | ||||
| Feminine | deleitada | deleitadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | deleito | deleitas | deleita | deleitamos | deleitades | deleitan |
| Imperfect | deleitaba | deleitabas | deleitaba | deleitabamos | deleitabades | deleitaban |
| Preterite | deleitei | deleitaches | deleitou | deleitamos | deleitastes | deleitaron |
| Pluperfect | deleitara | deleitaras | deleitara | deleitaramos | deleitarades | deleitaran |
| Future | deleitarei | deleitarás | deleitará | deleitaremos | deleitaredes | deleitarán |
| Conditional | deleitaría | deleitarías | deleitaría | deleitariamos | deleitariades | deleitarían |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | deleite | deleites | deleite | deleitemos | deleitedes | deleiten |
| Imperfect | deleitase | deleitases | deleitase | deleitásemos | deleitásedes | deleitasen |
| Future | deleitar | deleitares | deleitar | deleitarmos | deleitardes | deleitaren |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | deleita | deleite | deleitemos | deleitade | deleiten | |
| Negative (non) | non deleites | non deleite | non deleitemos | non deleitedes | non deleiten | |
Reintegrated conjugation of deleitar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “deleytar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “deleitar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “deleitar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “deleitar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
- “deleitar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
- “deleitar” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013.
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese deleitar, from Old Occitan deleitar, from Latin delectare (“to charm”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.lejˈta(ʁ)/ [de.leɪ̯ˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.lejˈta(ɾ)/ [de.leɪ̯ˈta(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.lejˈta(ʁ)/ [de.leɪ̯ˈta(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /de.lejˈta(ɻ)/ [de.leɪ̯ˈta(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.lɐjˈtaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.lejˈtaɾ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.lejˈtaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.leˈta.ɾi/
Verb
deleitar (first-person singular present deleito, first-person singular preterite deleitei, past participle deleitado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of deleitar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “deleitar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “deleitar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
- “deleitar”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
- “deleitar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
- “deleitar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “deleitar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “deleitar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Occitan deleitar, from Latin delectare (“to charm”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deleiˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.lei̯ˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: de‧lei‧tar
Verb
deleitar (first-person singular present deleito, first-person singular preterite deleité, past participle deleitado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of deleitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of deleitar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive deleitar | dative | deleitarme | deleitarte | deleitarle, deleitarse | deleitarnos | deleitaros | deleitarles, deleitarse |
| accusative | deleitarme | deleitarte | deleitarlo, deleitarla, deleitarse | deleitarnos | deleitaros | deleitarlos, deleitarlas, deleitarse | |
| with gerund deleitando | dative | deleitándome | deleitándote | deleitándole, deleitándose | deleitándonos | deleitándoos | deleitándoles, deleitándose |
| accusative | deleitándome | deleitándote | deleitándolo, deleitándola, deleitándose | deleitándonos | deleitándoos | deleitándolos, deleitándolas, deleitándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative deleita | dative | deléitame | deléitate | deléitale | deléitanos | not used | deléitales |
| accusative | deléitame | deléitate | deléitalo, deléitala | deléitanos | not used | deléitalos, deléitalas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative deleitá | dative | deleitame | deleitate | deleitale | deleitanos | not used | deleitales |
| accusative | deleitame | deleitate | deleitalo, deleitala | deleitanos | not used | deleitalos, deleitalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative deleite | dative | deléiteme | not used | deléitele, deléitese | deléitenos | not used | deléiteles |
| accusative | deléiteme | not used | deléitelo, deléitela, deléitese | deléitenos | not used | deléitelos, deléitelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative deleitemos | dative | not used | deleitémoste | deleitémosle | deleitémonos | deleitémoos | deleitémosles |
| accusative | not used | deleitémoste | deleitémoslo, deleitémosla | deleitémonos | deleitémoos | deleitémoslos, deleitémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative deleitad | dative | deleitadme | not used | deleitadle | deleitadnos | deleitaos | deleitadles |
| accusative | deleitadme | not used | deleitadlo, deleitadla | deleitadnos | deleitaos | deleitadlos, deleitadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative deleiten | dative | deléitenme | not used | deléitenle | deléitennos | not used | deléitenles, deléitense |
| accusative | deléitenme | not used | deléitenlo, deléitenla | deléitennos | not used | deléitenlos, deléitenlas, deléitense | |
See also
Further reading
- “deleitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025