gracioso

English

Etymology

Spanish gracioso. Doublet of gracious and grazioso.

Noun

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.

Further reading

• gracioso on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

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

• (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/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐˈsjo.zu/

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

Adjective

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

1. graceful

Related terms

• graça

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

Derived terms

• graciosidad
• graciosito
• su graciosa majestad

 

Related terms

• agradar
• agradecer
• gracia
• gratis
• gratitud
• grato

 

Noun

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)

Further reading

• “gracioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014