delicado
Spanish, adjective/deliˈkado/
delicado is spelled D-E-L-I-C-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,098th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Delicado is a Spanish adjective meaning “delicate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Suave, blando, tierno”.
What does delicado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
delicate
- 2
fragile
- 3
dainty, fine, refined
- 4
fussy
- 5
subtle (flavor, color)
- 6
derogatoryeffeminate, gay
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Suave, blando, tierno. 2. Débil, flaco, delgado, ligero. 3. Suave, sabroso, regalado, gustoso. 4. Difícil, expuesto a contingencias, como punto delicado, materia delicada.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of delicado
- delicada feminine
- delicados masculine plural
- delicadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce delicado?
- /deliˈkado/
- [d̪e.liˈka.ð̞o]
- [d̪eliˈkað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to delicado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is delicado in Spanish?
delicado appears 8.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).