delgado
Portuguese, adjective/dewˈɡa.du/
delgado is spelled D-E-L-G-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,139th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Delgado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “thin (having little thickness)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fino, magro”.
What does delgado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
thin (having little thickness)
- 2
slender; slim (having little body fat or flesh)
- 3
having a small diameter
- 4
sparse (not dense)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. fino, magro
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 delgado
- delgada feminine
- delgados masculine plural
- delgadas feminine plural
- mais delgado comparative
- o mais delgado superlative
- delgadíssimo superlative
- delgadinho diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce delgado?
- Brazil /dewˈɡa.du/
- Brazil [deʊ̯ˈɡa.du]
- Portugal /dɛlˈɡa.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to delgado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is delgado in Portuguese?
delgado appears 6.5 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).