Meaning
pleasure, delight
- hobby
In a sentence
Leggere la sera è il mio piccolo diletto.
Reading in the evening is my little pleasure.
Il tuo diletto è ancora fare foto?
Is your hobby still taking photos?
Quel film non mi ha dato molto diletto.
That movie didn’t give me much pleasure.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| diletto | masculine · singular |
| diletti | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Mostly literary or elevated in modern Italian. In everyday speech, piacere, gioia, or passatempo are usually more natural.
- As 'hobby,' it sounds old-fashioned or formal; hobby, passatempo, or svago are more common in conversation.
- Often appears in fixed expressions like con sommo diletto or per diletto, rather than as a frequent standalone everyday noun.