grosería

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾoseˈɾia/ [ɡɾo.seˈɾi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: gro‧se‧rí‧a

Etymology 1

From grosero +‎ -ía, from grueso (“coarse, rough”). Cognate and false friend of English grocery.

Noun

grosería f (plural groserías)

1. discourtesy, lack of respect

   Synonym: descortesía

2. crudeness, rudeness
3. stupidity
4. vulgarity, curse word

   Synonym: (Chile) garabato

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English grocery.

Noun

grosería f (plural groserías)

1. grocery store

Further reading

• “grosería”, 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
• “grosería”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• Moreno Fernández, Francisco (2018), “grosería”, in Diccionario de anglicismos del español estadounidense‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish), New York: Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española, →DOI, →ISBN‎^[2]
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