goxo
The Basque word for delicious is goxo.
While goxo can be used to describe food as delicious, it is frequently used more broadly to mean 'lovely', 'nice' or 'pleasant' when describing sensations or objects.
Meaning: pleasing to taste (adj)
How does it change in a sentence?
The adjective goxo is invariant in gender and number.
Did you know?
- In some regions, goxo is used as a term of endearment for a baby or a pet, similar to calling someone 'sweetie' in English.
- The word goxo is used to describe the feeling of a warm bath or a sunbeam on the skin, treating a temperature as something 'delicious'.
- In certain Basque dialects, goxo carries a connotation of being 'tender' or 'soft' to the touch, a property unrelated to whether an object is meant to be eaten.
Example conversation
Amaia and Iker are eating dessert together.
- AmaiaIker, probatu zure dessertua.Iker, try your dessert.
- IkerBaia, oso goxoa dago!Wow, it is very delicious!
- AmaiaNik ere horrela sentitzen dut.I feel the same way.
- IkerEskerrik asko, Amaia.Thank you, Amaia.
