deleitar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan, Provençal, and Catalan deleitar, from Latin delectare (“to charm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deleiˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.lei̯ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧lei‧tar

Verb

deleitar (first-person singular present deleito, first-person singular preterite deleité, past participle deleitado)

1. to please, delight
2. (reflexive) to take delight

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deleitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			deleitar
gerund			deleitando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		deleitado		deleitada
		plural		deleitados		deleitadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	deleito	deleitastú deleitásvos	deleita	deleitamos	deleitáis	deleitan
	imperfect	deleitaba	deleitabas	deleitaba	deleitábamos	deleitabais	deleitaban
	preterite	deleité	deleitaste	deleitó	deleitamos	deleitasteis	deleitaron
	future	deleitaré	deleitarás	deleitará	deleitaremos	deleitaréis	deleitarán
	conditional	deleitaría	deleitarías	deleitaría	deleitaríamos	deleitaríais	deleitarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	deleite	deleitestú deleitésvos2	deleite	deleitemos	deleitéis	deleiten
	imperfect (ra)	deleitara	deleitaras	deleitara	deleitáramos	deleitarais	deleitaran
	imperfect (se)	deleitase	deleitases	deleitase	deleitásemos	deleitaseis	deleitasen
	future1	deleitare	deleitares	deleitare	deleitáremos	deleitareis	deleitaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		deleitatú deleitávos	deleite	deleitemos	deleitad	deleiten
	negative		no deleites	no deleite	no deleitemos	no deleitéis	no deleiten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of deleitar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive deleitar
	dative	deleitarme	deleitarte	deleitarle, deleitarse	deleitarnos	deleitaros	deleitarles, deleitarse
	accusative	deleitarme	deleitarte	deleitarlo, deleitarla, deleitarse	deleitarnos	deleitaros	deleitarlos, deleitarlas, deleitarse
with gerund deleitando
	dative	deleitándome	deleitándote	deleitándole, deleitándose	deleitándonos	deleitándoos	deleitándoles, deleitándose
	accusative	deleitándome	deleitándote	deleitándolo, deleitándola, deleitándose	deleitándonos	deleitándoos	deleitándolos, deleitándolas, deleitándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative deleita
	dative	deléitame	deléitate	deléitale	deléitanos	not used	deléitales
	accusative	deléitame	deléitate	deléitalo, deléitala	deléitanos	not used	deléitalos, deléitalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative deleitá
	dative	deleitame	deleitate	deleitale	deleitanos	not used	deleitales
	accusative	deleitame	deleitate	deleitalo, deleitala	deleitanos	not used	deleitalos, deleitalas
with formal second-person singular imperative deleite
	dative	deléiteme	not used	deléitele, deléitese	deléitenos	not used	deléiteles
	accusative	deléiteme	not used	deléitelo, deléitela, deléitese	deléitenos	not used	deléitelos, deléitelas
with first-person plural imperative deleitemos
	dative	not used	deleitémoste	deleitémosle	deleitémonos	deleitémoos	deleitémosles
	accusative	not used	deleitémoste	deleitémoslo, deleitémosla	deleitémonos	deleitémoos	deleitémoslos, deleitémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative deleitad
	dative	deleitadme	not used	deleitadle	deleitadnos	deleitaos	deleitadles
	accusative	deleitadme	not used	deleitadlo, deleitadla	deleitadnos	deleitaos	deleitadlos, deleitadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative deleiten
	dative	deléitenme	not used	deléitenle	deléitennos	not used	deléitenles, deléitense
	accusative	deléitenme	not used	deléitenlo, deléitenla	deléitennos	not used	deléitenlos, deléitenlas, deléitense

See also

• gustar

Further reading

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