delicadeza
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.li.kaˈde.zɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.li.kaˈde.za/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.li.kɐˈde.zɐ/ [dɨ.li.kɐˈðe.zɐ]
- Hyphenation: de‧li‧ca‧de‧za
Noun
delicadeza f (plural delicadezas)
- delicateness (the characteristic of being delicate)
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /delikaˈdeθa/ [d̪e.li.kaˈð̞e.θa] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /delikaˈdesa/ [d̪e.li.kaˈð̞e.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eθa (Spain)
- Rhymes: -esa (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: de‧li‧ca‧de‧za
Noun
delicadeza f (plural delicadezas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “delicadeza”, 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
Tagalog
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish delicadeza.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /delikaˈdesa/ [d̪ɛ.lɪ.xɐˈd̪ɛː.sɐ]
- Rhymes: -esa
- Syllabification: de‧li‧ca‧de‧za
Noun
delicadeza (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜒᜃᜇᜒᜐ)
- alternative spelling of delikadesa