delicioso
Portuguese, adjective/de.li.siˈo.zu/
delicioso is spelled D-E-L-I-C-I-O-S-O (9 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,127th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Delicioso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “delicious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que causa delícia”.
What does delicioso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
delicious
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que causa delícia 2. agradável; aprazível; excelente; saboroso
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 delicioso
- deliciosa feminine
- deliciosos masculine plural
- deliciosas feminine plural
- mais delicioso comparative
- o mais delicioso superlative
- deliciosíssimo superlative
- metaphonic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce delicioso?
- Brazil /de.li.siˈo.zu/
- Brazil /de.liˈsjo.zu/
- Portugal /dɨ.liˈsjo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to delicioso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is delicioso in Portuguese?
delicioso appears 10 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).