Meaning
delicious, delightful
- delicious (food)
- delightful, charming
In a sentence
Questo dolce è davvero delizioso.
This dessert is really delicious.
Hai visto quel delizioso caffè in centro?
Did you see that delightful café downtown?
La pasta non era deliziosa ieri sera.
The pasta wasn't delicious last night.
Word forms (4)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| delizioso | masculine · singular |
| deliziosa | feminine · singular |
| deliziosi | masculine · plural |
| deliziose | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Use delizioso for both food and charming people, places, or details; gustoso is mostly for taste, and squisito sounds a bit more refined.
- It agrees in gender and number: delizioso, deliziosa, deliziosi, deliziose.
- For food, native speakers often prefer buonissimo or squisito in casual speech; delizioso can sound slightly more polished.