gracioso

/ɡɾaˈθjoso/ · A2 · adj

funny, amusing

🤡 gracioso = gracia (grace, wit) + -oso (full of): full of wit, so funny

From Latin gratiosus, the same root as English gracious. Spanish gracia also means a joke or wit, so someone full of gracia is funny. False friend: it does not mean gracious. Tener gracia = to be funny.

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