delicadeza
sustantivo:femenino
2 (cuidado) gentleness
la delicadeza con que transportó al enfermo the gentleness with which she moved the patient; con mucha delicadeza very gently
3 (amabilidad)
tuvo la delicadeza de ayudarme a bajar he was kind enough to help me down; he did me the kindness of helping me down; no tuvo la delicadeza de comunicárnoslo he didn't have the decency to let us know
4 (tacto) tact; delicacy
tuvo mucha delicadeza al presentar su queja she made the complaint very tactfully with great tact with great delicacy;oo tendrás que presentar la queja con mucha delicadeza you will have to make the complaint very tactfully delicately;o falta de delicadeza tactlessness; indelicacy
5 (dificultad) delicacy; delicate nature
no comprendió la delicadeza de la situación he did not understand the delicacy delicate nature of the situation;o
6 (finura) [de rasgos] delicacy
la delicadeza con que ejecutó la pieza the delicacy with which she performed the piece; describió la delicadeza del ambiente de palacio she described the refined atmosphere at the palace; me enamoró la delicadeza de sus modales I fell in love with his exquisite manners
