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Meanings of delight in English

Portuguese
alegria
Catalan
delit
Spanish
placer

Something or someone that provides a source of happiness.

        alegria
        Portuguese
        encantar
        Catalan
        encantar
        Spanish
        encantar

        To delight to a high degree; to hold spellbound.

          encantar
          Portuguese
          encantar
          Catalan
          encantar
          Spanish
          encantar

          To give pleasure to; to make happy or satisfied.

              encantar
              Portuguese
              desfrutar
              Catalan
              fruir
              Spanish
              deleitar

              Take delight in.

                    desfrutar
                    Usage of delight in English
                    1
                    Our delight, however, was soon cast in doubt by the surveyor's report.
                    The Irish Times
                    2
                    I delight in the changes that immigration has brought to Irish society.
                    The Irish Times
                    3
                    Well, to my surprise and delight, everything was as right as possible.
                    Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
                    4
                    How will the Danube be seen as a tourist delight this year?
                    The Irish Times
                    5
                    He took particular delight in pursuing any difficult inquiry in classical antiquity.
                    Character
                    6
                    The Southern people collected together in delight-theNorthern in anger and disgust.
                    Canada and the States
                    7
                    The poet had a simple child-like delight in occasionally assuming the host.
                    Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People
                    8
                    And she found an actual delight in bounding over the next obstruction.
                    The Snowshoe Trail
                    9
                    This particular resemblance was one in which my father took especial delight.
                    Darwin and Modern Science
                    10
                    I delight to think of the marvels that future generations may produce.
                    BBC
                    11
                    Rose took a childish delight in polishing the china with her dish-towel.
                    The Shoulders of Atlas: A Novel
                    12
                    The company uttered exclamations of delight at the ingenuity of the idea.
                    The False Chevalier / or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette
                    13
                    Some enjoy every capitalist delight, while others live in impoverished Soviet conditions.
                    The new yorker
                    14
                    There is hearty delight in the major, and how natural it seems.
                    Chopin : the Man and His Music
                    15
                    Have I got the point across: The Artist is an absolute delight.
                    The Irish Times
                    16
                    We're starting some new things which we hope will delight our audiences.
                    Radio NZ
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                    Translations for delight
                    Delight through the time
                    Delight across language varieties
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
                    South Africa
                    Less common
                    Ireland
                    Less common
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