delgadez
Portuguese
Etymology
Noun
delgadez f (uncountable)
- alternative form of delgadeza
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /delɡaˈdeθ/ [d̪el.ɣ̞aˈð̞eθ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /delɡaˈdes/ [d̪el.ɣ̞aˈð̞es] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eθ (Spain)
- Rhymes: -es (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: del‧ga‧dez
Noun
delgadez f (plural delgadeces)
- thinness
- Synonym: flacura
- 2015 August 1, “Los 102 años de Silvestre y Silvestra”, in El País[1]:
- Pese a su extrema delgadez come de todo, pero todo batido.
- Despite his extreme thinness, he eats everything, but blended.
Further reading
- “delgadez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024