OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 2693

sweet

/swiːt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
dulce
Retaining a portion of sugar.
Sweet wines are better dessert wines.
dulce • gustoso • rico • sabroso
Not of a salty taste.
sweet butter
dulce • fragante • oloroso
Of a pleasant smell.
Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, / I will give them all back again.
a sweet scent
fresco
Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.
sweet milk
dulce • melodioso
Of a pleasant sound.
Smooth jazz music has sweet drum beats and cymbals!
a sweet tune
afable • agradable • amable • bello • chachi • chanchi • derretido • dulce • encantador • hermoso • lindo • mono
Of a pleasing disposition.
It was sweet of her to send some roses for her unwell grandmother.
a sweet child
afable • amable • benigno • bondadoso • magnánimo • tierno
Of a helpful disposition.
It was sweet of him to help out.
azucarado
Doing well; in a good or happy position.
"Visit in two days though," said Tommo. "Hang in there mate, got a joey coming, we'll be sweet then."
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📚 adv • entry_id 2694

sweet

/swiːt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
dulcemente
In a pleasant manner.
Go down beside thy native rill, ⁠On thy Parnassus set thy feet, ⁠And hear thy laurel whisper sweet About the ledges of the hill.
Phrases
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📚 noun • entry_id 2695

sweet

/swiːt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
caramelo • chuche • confite • dulce
A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.
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