delicioso
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin deliciōsus.
Pronunciation
- (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)
Further reading
- “delicioso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “delicioso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin deliciōsus. Cognate with English delicious, French délicieux, Italian delizioso, Portuguese delicioso, Romanian delicios.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deliˈθjoso/ [d̪e.liˈθjo.so] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /deliˈsjoso/ [d̪e.liˈsjo.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: de‧li‧cio‧so
Adjective
delicioso (feminine deliciosa, masculine plural deliciosos, feminine plural deliciosas, superlative deliciosísimo)
- delicious, delectable, luscious
- delightful
- Synonym: deleitoso
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “delicioso”, 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