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gracioso

English edit

Etymology edit

Spanish gracioso. Doublet of gracious and grazioso.

Noun edit

gracioso (plural graciosos)

  1. (obsolete) A court favourite. [17th c.]
  2. (theater) A clown or jester in early-modern Spanish comedy. [from 18th c.]
    • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter LV, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume II, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC, pages 137–138:
      I ſhall never ceaſe to wonder that the Engliſh, who are certainly a ſenſible and diſcerning people ſhould be ſo much infatuated, as to applaud and careſs with the moſt extravagant approbation, not to ſay adoration and regard, one or two gracioſo's, who, I will be bold to ſay, would ſcarce be able to earn their bread by their talents, on any other theatre under the ſun.

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Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese gracioso, borrowed from Latin grātiōsus.

Pronunciation edit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡɾa.siˈo.zu/ [ɡɾa.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /ɡɾaˈsjo.zu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡɾa.siˈo.zo/ [ɡɾa.sɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /ɡɾaˈsjo.zo/

  • Rhymes: -ozu
  • Hyphenation: gra‧ci‧o‧so

Adjective edit

gracioso (feminine graciosa, masculine plural graciosos, feminine plural graciosas, comparable, comparative mais gracioso, superlative o mais gracioso or graciosíssimo, metaphonic)

  1. graceful

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Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin grātiōsus, from grātia. Compare English gracious.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ɡɾaˈθjoso/ [ɡɾaˈθjo.so]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ɡɾaˈsjoso/ [ɡɾaˈsjo.so]
  • Rhymes: -oso
  • Syllabification: gra‧cio‧so

Adjective edit

gracioso (feminine graciosa, masculine plural graciosos, feminine plural graciosas, superlative graciosísimo)

  1. funny, amusing
    Synonym: chistoso
    Antonym: aburrido
  2. silly (playful, giggly)
    Synonym: divertido
    Antonym: aburrido
  3. facetious, cute
    Hombre, tranquilo. Yo no estaba hablando en serio. Solo estaba haciéndome el gracioso.
    Man, chill. I wasn't being serious. I was just being facetious.
  4. graceful
    Synonym: simpático
    Antonyms: antipático, irritante, molesto
  5. pleasing
    Synonym: agradable
    Antonyms: irritante, molesto
  6. (informal) cute, rich
    Eso es gracioso viniendo de él porque hizo lo mismo hace años que ahora la ha acusado.
    That's rich coming from him because he did the same thing years ago he has now accused her of.
  7. (sarcasm) annoying, graceless

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Noun edit

gracioso m or f by sense (plural graciosos)

  1. (informal) joker
    No te hagas el gracioso conmigo.
    Don't be funny with me.
  2. (historical, theater) gracioso (bawdy clown or jester in 16th-century Spanish comedy)

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