gracia

See also: Gracia, gràcia, and gràçia

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gratia.

Noun

gracia f (plural gracies)

1. grace
2. mercy
3. joke

Related terms

• dar gracia
• gracies

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡraˈt͡sia]

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: gra‧ci‧a

Adjective

gracia (accusative singular gracian, plural graciaj, accusative plural graciajn)

1. graceful

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.sja/

Verb

gracia

1. third-person singular past historic of gracier

Spanish

Etymology

An early borrowing from Latin grātia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈɡɾaθja/ [ˈɡɾa.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈɡɾasja/ [ˈɡɾa.sja]
• Rhymes: -aθja
• Rhymes: -asja
• Syllabification: gra‧cia

Noun

gracia f (plural gracias)

1. grace, charm

   Synonyms: carisma, encanto

   Antonyms: desencanto, insipidez, falta de gracia, desencanto, desgracia

2. mercy

   Synonyms: merced, misericordia, piedad

3. good humor

   Synonym: buen humor

   Antonyms: mal humor, insulsez

4. punch line of a joke or story

   Synonyms: punto, chiste

5. pardon

   Synonym: perdón

   Antonym: condena

Derived terms

• agraciar
• caer en gracia
• desgracia
• golpe de gracia
• Graciela
• por la gracia de Dios
• por obra y gracia de
• tiro de gracia

 

Related terms

• gracias
• gracioso

 

Descendants

• → Hiligaynon: grasya
• → Quechua: grasya
• → Tagalog: grasya

Further reading

• “gracia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Anagrams

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