graça

See also: graca, Graca, and Graça

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese graça, an early borrowing from Latin grātia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾa.sɐ/

• Rhymes: -asɐ
• Homophone: grassa
• Hyphenation: gra‧ça

Noun

graça f (plural graças)

1. grace (divine assistance)
2. grace (elegance)

   Synonym: elegância

3. frolic, jocosity, joke

   Synonym: piada

4. funniness (quality of being funny)
5. cutie (term of endearment referring to a cute person or animal)
6. (law) pardon
7. (in the plural) thanks

   Synonym: agradecimento

Derived terms

• de graça
• engraçado
• graças a
• sem graça
• gracejo
• gracejar
• gracinha