# deleitar
## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese deleitar, from Old Occitan deleitar, from Latin delectare (“to charm”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /delejˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.lejˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### Verb

deleitar (first-person singular present deleito, first-person singular preterite deleitei, past participle deleitado)
* to please, delight
* (pronominal) to take delight

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Synonyms

* (all senses): compracer, deliciar, encantar

#### Derived terms

* deleite

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “deleytar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “deleitar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “deleitar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “deleitar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* “deleitar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “deleitar” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese deleitar, from Old Occitan deleitar, from Latin delectare (“to charm”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /de.lejˈta(ʁ)/ [de.leɪ̯ˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /de.lejˈta(ʁ)/ [de.leɪ̯ˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /de.lejˈta(ɾ)/ [de.leɪ̯ˈta(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /de.lejˈta(ʁ)/ [de.leɪ̯ˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /de.lejˈta(ɻ)/ [de.leɪ̯ˈta(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.lɐjˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.lɐjˈtaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.lejˈtaɾ/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.lejˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.leˈta.ɾi/

### Verb

deleitar (first-person singular present deleito, first-person singular preterite deleitei, past participle deleitado)
* to please, delight
* (pronominal) to take delight

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Synonyms

* (all senses): deliciar, regozijar, regalar

#### Derived terms

* deleite

### Further reading

* “deleitar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “deleitar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
* “deleitar”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
* “deleitar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “deleitar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “deleitar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “deleitar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan deleitar, from Latin delectare (“to charm”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deleiˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.lei̯ˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: de‧lei‧tar

### Verb

deleitar (first-person singular present deleito, first-person singular preterite deleité, past participle deleitado)
* to please, delight
* (reflexive) to take delight

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### See also

* gustar

### Further reading

* “deleitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10