delicado
Meaning
- (comparable) delicate (easily damaged)
- (comparable) delicate (characterized by a fine structure or thin lines)
- (comparable) refined (showing or having good feelings)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
de‧li‧ca‧do
Pronounced as (IPA)
/de.liˈka.du/
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dēlicātus (“charming; delicate”). Compare the inherited doublet delgado.
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