gracejo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈse.ʒu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈse.ʒu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈse.ʒo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐˈsɐ(j).ʒu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐˈsɐ(j).ʒu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐˈse.ʒu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐˈse.ʒu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐˈse.ʒu/

• Rhymes: -eʒu
• Hyphenation: gra‧ce‧jo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from gracejar.

Noun

gracejo m (plural gracejos)

1. a joke or a playful act

   Synonym: (Brazil) gracinha

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gracejo

1. first-person singular present indicative of gracejar

Further reading

• “gracejo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “gracejo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From gracia +‎ -ejo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈθexo/ [ɡɾaˈθe.xo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈsexo/ [ɡɾaˈse.xo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -exo
• Syllabification: gra‧ce‧jo

Noun

gracejo m (plural gracejos)

1. wit
2. fluency (competence of language or speech)
3. gift of the gab

Further reading

• “gracejo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025