delgado

/delˈɡado/ · B1 · adj

thin, slender, skinny

🥢 delgado = delicate: both come from Latin delicatus

Spanish delgado and English delicate share one root, Latin delicatus, meaning fine or dainty. Over time the Spanish form lost syllables (delicatu → delgado), and the meaning narrowed from delicate to thin.

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