🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

delicioso

Pronunciation / Transliteration: deh-lee-zi-o-so

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Maseyu/maˈse.ju/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Este prato é realmente delicioso."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To express that food or drink has a pleasant taste.

    "The soup is so good; it really makes me say 'maseyu!'"
  2. 2

    To indicate satisfaction with the flavor of a dish.

    "After tasting the dessert, she exclaimed, 'This is truly maseyu!'"

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'maseyu' is derived from the Korean verb '맛있다' (masitda), which means 'to be delicious.' It reflects the evolution of language as it incorporates cultural expressions of taste and enjoyment in food, particularly in Korean cuisine.

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