delicadesa

Catalan

Etymology

From delicat +‎ -esa, from Latin delicatus (“giving pleasure, delightful, soft, luxurious, delicate, in Medieval Latin also fine, slender”), from delicia, usually in plural deliciae (“pleasure, delight, luxury”), from delicere (“to allure”), from de (“away”) + lacere (“to allure, entice”).

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /də.li.kəˈdə.zə/

(Central) IPA^(key): /də.li.kəˈdɛ.zə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /de.li.kaˈde.za/

Noun

delicadesa f (plural delicadeses)

delicateness

Synonyms

(delicateness): fragilitat f

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