gracioso
English
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish gracioso. Doublet of gracious and grazioso.
Noun
editgracioso (plural graciosos)
- (obsolete) A court favourite. [17th c.]
- (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.
Further reading
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese gracioso, borrowed from Latin grātiōsus.
Pronunciation
edit
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Hyphenation: gra‧ci‧o‧so
Adjective
editgracioso (feminine graciosa, masculine plural graciosos, feminine plural graciosas, comparable, comparative mais gracioso, superlative o mais gracioso or graciosíssimo, metaphonic)
Related terms
editSpanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin grātiōsus, from grātia. Compare English gracious.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /ɡɾaˈθjoso/ [ɡɾaˈθjo.so]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ɡɾaˈsjoso/ [ɡɾaˈsjo.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: gra‧cio‧so
Adjective
editgracioso (feminine graciosa, masculine plural graciosos, feminine plural graciosas, superlative graciosísimo)
- funny, amusing
- silly (playful, giggly)
- 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.
- graceful
- Synonym: simpático
- Antonyms: antipático, irritante, molesto
- pleasing
- (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.
- (sarcastic) annoying, graceless
- Synonym: molesto
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editNoun
editgracioso m or f by sense (plural graciosos)
- (informal) joker
- No te hagas el gracioso conmigo.
- Don't be funny with me.
- (historical, theater) gracioso (bawdy clown or jester in 16th-century Spanish comedy)
Further reading
edit- “gracioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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