delectar

== Catalan == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin dēlectāre. Doublet of delitar, a popular development. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [də.ləkˈta] IPA(key): (Valencia) [de.lekˈtaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [de.lekˈta] === Verb === delectar (first-person singular present delecto, first-person singular preterite delectí, past participle delectat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/ (transitive) to delight (pronominal) to delight [with en ‘in’] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== delectança ==== Related terms ==== delectable delectació delir delit === Further reading === “delectar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Spanish == === Verb === delectar (first-person singular present delecto, first-person singular preterite delecté, past participle delectado) (literary, rare) alternative form of deleitar ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “delectar”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA