# delgado
## Asturian
### Adjective

delgado
* neuter of delgáu

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese delgado, from Latin dēlicātus. Compare Portuguese delgado.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /delˈɡado/ [d̪eɫˈɣ̞ɑ.ð̞ʊ]
* IPA: (standard) /delˈɡado/ [d̪eɫˈɣ̞ɑ.ð̞ʊ]
* IPA: (gheada) /delˈħado/ [d̪eɫˈħɑ.ð̞ʊ]
* Rhymes: -ado
* Hyphenation: del‧ga‧do

### Adjective

delgado (feminine delgada, masculine plural delgados, feminine plural delgadas)
* thin
** 1448, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 295:viinte e duas maranas de fiado delgado et seys bincos de pratatwenty two skeins of thin yarn and six silver earrings
* slender, slim
** c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 123:Et guareçeu daquela gordura et tornou a seer delgado como outro ome que delgado [fos]se.And he healed of said obesity and came back to be slim as another man who is slim
* (dated) fine, delicate

#### Derived terms

* Delgado

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “delgado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “delgado”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “delgado”, 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), “delgado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “delgado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin dēlicātus.

### Adjective

delgado m (plural delgados, feminine delgada, feminine plural delgadas)
* slender, slim
* fine, delicate

#### Descendants

* Galician: delgado
* Portuguese: delgado

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "delgado"

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese delgado, from Latin dēlicātus. Doublet of delicado, a borrowing. Compare Galician delgado.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /dewˈɡa.du/ [deʊ̯ˈɡa.du]
* (Brazil) IPA: /dewˈɡa.du/ [deʊ̯ˈɡa.du]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /dewˈɡa.do/ [deʊ̯ˈɡa.do]
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɛlˈɡa.du/ [dɛɫˈɣa.ðu]
* Rhymes: (most dialects) -adu, (Southern Brazil) -ado
* Hyphenation: del‧ga‧do
* Homophone: Delgado

### Adjective

delgado (feminine delgada, masculine plural delgados, feminine plural delgadas, comparable, comparative mais delgado, superlative o mais delgado or delgadíssimo, diminutive delgadinho)
* thin (having little thickness)
    Synonyms: esguio, fino
    Antonyms: espesso, grosso
* slender; slim (having little body fat or flesh)
    Synonyms: esbelto, fino, magro
    Antonyms: gordo, obeso
* (of a tube) having a small diameter
* (of clouds, fog, mist, etc) sparse (not dense)
    Synonyms: esparso, ralo
    Antonyms: denso, espesso

#### Derived terms

* Delgado
* intestino delgado

#### Related terms

* adelgaçar
* delgadamente
* delgadez
* delgadeza
* delicadeza
* delicado

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin dēlicātus and doublet of delicado. Compare also English delicate.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /delˈɡado/ [d̪elˈɣ̞a.ð̞o]
* Audio (Mexico):(file)
* Rhymes: -ado
* Syllabification: del‧ga‧do

### Adjective

delgado (feminine delgada, masculine plural delgados, feminine plural delgadas, superlative delgadísimo)
* thin, skinny
    Synonyms: esbelto, flaco
    Antonym: gordo
* delicate
    Synonyms: frágil, grácil, delicado

#### Derived terms

* Delgado
* delgaducho
* intestino delgado

### Further reading

* “delgado”, 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