delgadez

Portuguese

Etymology

delgado +‎ -ez

Noun

delgadez f (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of delgadeza

Spanish

Etymology

From delgado +‎ -ez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /delɡaˈdeθ/ [d̪el.ɣ̞aˈð̞eθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /delɡaˈdes/ [d̪el.ɣ̞aˈð̞es]
• Rhymes: -eθ
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: del‧ga‧dez

Noun

delgadez f (plural delgadeces)

1. thinness
   • 2015 August 1, “Los 102 años de Silvestre y Silvestra”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Pese a su extrema delgadez come de todo, pero todo batido.

     Despite his extreme thinness, he eats everything, but blended.

   Synonym: flacura

Further reading

• “delgadez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014