agrado

See also: agradó

Catalan

Verb

agrado

1. first-person singular present indicative of agradar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɡɾa.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɡɾa.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɡɾa.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɡɾa.du/ [ɐˈɣɾa.ðu]

• Hyphenation: a‧gra‧do

Etymology 1

Deverbal from agradar (“to please”).

Noun

agrado m (plural agrados)

1. contentment; satisfaction; gladness; pleasure
2. the act of pleasing someone
3. treat (unexpected gift)

Etymology 2

Verb

agrado

1. first-person singular present indicative of agradar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡɾado/ [aˈɣ̞ɾa.ð̞o]

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• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: a‧gra‧do

Etymology 1

Deverbal from agradar.

Noun

agrado m (plural agrados)

1. pleasure; satisfaction (the will or desire of someone in power)

   recibir con agrado

   receive gratefully

   • 1891, Benito Pérez Galdós, Ángel Guerra:

     Mándeme usted a mí despóticamente, desahogue en mí esa fiereza, y trate a los demás con agrado y cómo se debe tratar a los semejantes.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. liking (a predilection)

   Synonym: gusto

Etymology 2

Verb

agrado

1. first-person singular present indicative of agradar

Further reading

• “agrado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10