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delicado in English:

1. delicate delicate


He is delicate.
Japanese women tend to look tiny and delicate.
Keeping Mario in a state in which he can throw fireballs is a delicate process; that newfound power sometimes makes one cocky and careless.
Her physical features are small and delicate, but she has an incredibly loud voice!
The moss is a delicate green fur on fallen logs and rocks, I say to myself.
We respond to the delicate beauty of the cherry blossoms in the spring moonlight.
Oil on canvas can never paint a petal so delicate.
Indeed she is young and beautiful, but she is in delicate health.
Although the web looks soft and delicate, it is strong.
Those who are delicate in health are apt to catch a cold when the cold season sets in.
Sometimes you're too delicate about things.
It's a drama where you can enjoy the delicate workings of a woman's mind.
People are sometimes afraid to hold babies because they are so delicate.
The dancers look delicate in their white dresses, but they are really as strong as horses.

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2. tactful tactful


There was no tactful way of phrasing what he wanted to say.
Sometimes it's hard to be tactful and honest at the same time.
Like her grandfather, Anna was tactful
Our boss tells us off sometimes, but in a tactful way.
Your remark was not very tactful
When you deliver critism, are you direct or tactful?
Be tactful, please!
He broke the glass, spilled the wine and did not even say he is sorry. Do you still think he is tactful?
My first impression was that he was a tactful politician.
She struck me as a tactful girl.

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English phrases

3. tender


This beef is tender.
She has a tender heart.
My father was no less affectionate and tender to me than my mother was.
Would God, I were the tender apple blossom, That floats and falls from off the twisted bough, To lie and faint within your silken bosom, Within your silken bosom as that does now.
My breasts are tender.
The rough material hurt the child's tender skin.
Old cows eat tender grass.
The petals of this rose are very tender.
He is at once strict and tender.
He seems to be bankrupt of all tender feeling.
She is a tender girl of questionable morals.
I hereby tender my resignation.
Nothing seems so tender to me as an old couple walking down the street holding hands.
His voice was full of tender concern.
Yukiko is an innocent girl of tender years.