deleite
Portuguese, noun/deˈlej.t͡ʃi/
deleite is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “delight (joy, pleasure)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of deleitar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prazer, sensação de bem estar”.
What does deleite mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedelight (joy, pleasure)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prazer, sensação de bem estar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of deleite
- deleites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce deleite?
- Brazil /deˈlej.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [deˈleɪ̯.t͡ʃi]
- Portugal /dɨˈlɐj.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to deleite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is deleite in Portuguese?
deleite appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).