Delicious Meaning in English

word

US

/dɪˈɫɪʃəs/

di-LI-shuhs

UK

/dɪlˈɪʃəs/

di-LI-shuhs

التعريف

Something delicious tastes very good and gives you a lot of pleasure when you eat it. It is most often used for food, but sometimes people use it more broadly for things that are very pleasing.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Common and positive, used mostly for food: 'delicious meal', 'delicious soup'. Stronger and more enthusiastic than 'tasty'. It is natural in speech and writing, but for non-food things it can sound playful or expressive.

• Spanish: delicioso - rico
• Portuguese (BR): delicioso - saboroso
• Portuguese (PT): delicioso - saboroso
• Chinese (Simplified): 美味的 - 好吃的
• Chinese (Traditional): 美味的 - 好喫的
• Hindi: स्वादिष्ट - बहुत स्वाद वाला
• Arabic: لذيذ - شهيّ
• Bengali: মজাদার - সুস্বাদু
• Russian: вкусный - восхитительный
• Japanese: おいしい
• Vietnamese: ngon
• Korean: 맛있는
• Turkish: lezzetli
• Urdu: مزے دار - لذیذ
• Indonesian: lezat - enak

جمل نموذجية

We ate a delicious dinner last night.

basic

This cake is delicious.

basic

The soup smells delicious.

basic

These cookies are so delicious that I can't stop eating them.

natural

That pasta was delicious—we should come back here.

natural

You have to try the mango ice cream—it's delicious.

natural