delicado

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delicado, -a
adjective
1 delicate (objeto, perfume, gusto)
  • una situación delicada -> a delicate o tricky situation
2 sensitive (persona) (sensible) ; fussy (muy exigente) ; polite (educado)
  • su estado (de salud) es delicado, -a -> his condition is delicate
  • estar delicado, -a de salud -> to be in poor health
  • estar delicado, -a del corazón -> to have a weak heart
  • ¡no seas delicado, -a, hay que comérselo todo! -> don't be so picky, you've got to eat all of it!

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delicado [day-le-cah’-do, dah]
adjective
1 Delicate, sweet, pleasing, tender.
2 Weak, faint, effeminate, finical, feminine, ladylike.
3 Delicate, exquisite, nice, delicious, dainty, pleasing to the taste; of an agreeable flavor.
4 Thin, slender, subtile.
5 Nice, scrupulous, fastidious.
6 Arduous, difficult, perplexing.
7 Captious, easy of annoyance, suspicious.
  • Está delicado del estómago -> he has a delicate stomach
  • Es muy delicado en el comer -> he’s very choosy about food
  • Es muy delicada para la limpieza -> she’s very particular about cleanliness

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delicado
adjetivo
1 (suave) [+tejido, piel] delicate; [+tela] fine; [+color] soft
2 (frágil) [+máquina] sensitive; [+salud] delicate
está delicado del estómago he has a delicate stomach
3 (fino) [+rasgos] delicate; fine; [+gusto] delicate; subtle
4 (difícil) [+situación] delicate; tricky; [+punto] sore; [+tema] delicate
5 [+persona] (difícil de contentar) hard to please; fussy; (sensible) hypersensitive; (discreto) tactful; (atento) considerate
es muy delicado con la comida he's very choosy about his food; (familiar)

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