deleitar

deleitar
v.
1 to delight.
El helado deleita a los chicos Ice cream delights the kids.
2 to be delighted by, to be happy about, to be delighted about, to be pleased by.
Nos deleita la ópera We are delighted by the opera.
3 to enjoy, to be happy to.
Me deleita ver las estrellas I enjoy looking at the stars.
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deleitar
► verbo transitivo
1 to delight, please
► verbo pronominal deleitarse
1 to delight (con/en, in), take delight (con/en, in)
■ se deleita con la música clásica he takes delight in classical music
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verb
to delight
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1.
VT to delight, charm
2.
See:
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1.
verbo transitivo to delight
2.
deleitarse v pron

deleitarse + ger — to delight in -ing, enjoy -ing

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= enchant, delight, please, wallow in.
Ex. The article 'The power to enchant: puppets in the public library' describes the construction of a puppet theatre in a public library.
Ex. Libraries must begin seriously to assess how well they are anticipating, meeting, and delighting students and faculty.
Ex. By polar contrast the book for the mass culture reader, the 'consumer', simply aims to please.
Ex. This has produced the matriarchal system in society on the one hand, and well-rounded libraries organized under the slogan 'Libraries are for wallowing in' on the other.
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* deleitar los oídos = please + the ears.
* deleitarse = savour [savor, -USA], relish, gloat.
* deleitarse con = revel in.
* deleitarse en = delight in.
* deleitarse mirando = feast + Posesivo + eyes on.
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1.
verbo transitivo to delight
2.
deleitarse v pron

deleitarse + ger — to delight in -ing, enjoy -ing

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= enchant, delight, please, wallow in.

Ex: The article 'The power to enchant: puppets in the public library' describes the construction of a puppet theatre in a public library.

Ex: Libraries must begin seriously to assess how well they are anticipating, meeting, and delighting students and faculty.
Ex: By polar contrast the book for the mass culture reader, the 'consumer', simply aims to please.
Ex: This has produced the matriarchal system in society on the one hand, and well-rounded libraries organized under the slogan 'Libraries are for wallowing in' on the other.
* deleitar los oídos = please + the ears.
* deleitarse = savour [savor, -USA], relish, gloat.
* deleitarse con = revel in.
* deleitarse en = delight in.
* deleitarse mirando = feast + Posesivo + eyes on.

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deleitar [A1 ]
vt
to delight
■ deleitarse
v pron
deleitarse + GER to delight IN -ING, enjoy -ING
te deleitas haciéndome sufrir ¿no? you delight in o enjoy making me suffer, don't you?
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deleitar (conjugate deleitar) verbo transitivo
to delight
deleitarse verbo pronominal
◊ deleitarse haciendo algo to delight in doing sth, enjoy doing sth

deleitar verbo transitivo to delight

'deleitar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
recrear
English:
delight
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deleitar
♦ vt
to delight;
la música clásica nos deleita we love classical music;
me deleitaba escucharla cantar I loved listening to her sing
♦ See also the pronominal verb deleitarse
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deleitar
v/t delight
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deleitar vt
: to delight, to please
♦ See also the reflexive verb deleitarse

Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.

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