dileto
Portuguese, adjective/d͡ʒiˈlɛ.tu/
dileto is spelled D-I-L-E-T-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 141,055th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dileto is a Portuguese adjective meaning “favorite, beloved” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “preferido, querido, predileto”.
What does dileto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
favorite, beloved
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. preferido, querido, predileto 2. muito amado
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 dileto
- dileta feminine
- diletos masculine plural
- diletas feminine plural
- dilecto alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dileto?
- Brazil /d͡ʒiˈlɛ.tu/
- Portugal /diˈlɛ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dileto in Portuguese?
dileto appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).