gracioso

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish gracioso. Doublet of gracious and grazioso. === Noun === gracioso (plural graciosos) (obsolete) A court favourite. [17th c.] (theater) A clown or jester in early-modern Spanish comedy. [from 18th c.] === Further reading === gracioso on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese gracioso, borrowed from Latin grātiōsus. === Pronunciation === 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) graceful ==== Related terms ==== graça === Further reading === “gracioso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “gracioso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin grātiōsus, from grātia. Compare English gracious. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɾaˈθjoso/ [ɡɾaˈθjo.so] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ɡɾaˈsjoso/ [ɡɾaˈsjo.so] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -oso Syllabification: gra‧cio‧so === Adjective === gracioso (feminine graciosa, masculine plural graciosos, feminine plural graciosas, superlative graciosísimo) funny, amusing Synonym: chistoso Antonym: aburrido silly (playful, giggly) Synonym: divertido Antonym: aburrido facetious, cute graceful Synonym: simpático Antonyms: antipático, irritante, molesto pleasing Synonym: agradable Antonyms: irritante, molesto (informal) cute, rich (sarcastic) annoying, graceless Synonym: molesto ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Noun === gracioso m or f by sense (plural graciosos) (informal) joker (historical, theater) gracioso (bawdy clown or jester in 16th-century Spanish comedy) === Further reading === “gracioso”, 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