gracias

See also: Gracias and grácias

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gracias (“thank you”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɑ.θi.əs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɑ.si.əs/

• Audio (US):

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Interjection

gracias

1. (US, colloquial) Thank you.
   • 1993, Roddy Doyle, The Van, link:

     Muchos gracias, my friend. —The girls are in the kitchen, Bimbo told Vera.

   • 2000, Linda Ladd, Midnight Fire, link:

     "Gracias, my friend. I owe you a great debt.

   • 2010, Tina Rosenberg, Glenapp Castle: A Scottish Intrigue, page 154:

     “No, gracias, my friend. This will do fine.”

Alternative forms

• grassy arse, grassy ass (eye dialects)

Related terms

• muchas gracias, muchos gracias

Anagrams

• Arcigas, Garicas, agarics

Aragonese

Etymology

From gracia < Latin grātia, as used in the phrase gratias agere (“to express thanks”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾaθjas/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾasjas/ (Benasquese)
• Syllabification: gra‧cias
• Rhymes: -aθjas

Interjection

gracias

1. thank you

Noun

gracias f pl

1. thanks

   el día d'acción de gracias ― Thanksgiving day

   dar gracias ― to give thanks

   dar-li las gracias a belún per bella cosa

   to thank someone/somebody for something

   (literally, “to give thanks to somebody”)

Noun

gracias

1. plural of gracia

See also

• agradeixer
• gracia

French

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.sja/ ~ /ɡʁa.sjɑ/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.sjɑ/, [ɡʁa.sjɑ], [ɡʁa.sjɔ]

Verb

gracias

1. second-person singular past historic of gracier

Spanish

Etymology

From gracia < Latin grātia, as used in the phrase gratias agere (“to express thanks”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾaθjas/ [ˈɡɾa.θjas] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾasjas/ [ˈɡɾa.sjas] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -aθjas (Spain)
• Rhymes: -asjas (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: gra‧cias

Interjection

gracias

1. thank you

Noun

gracias f pl (plural only)

1. thanks

   el día de acción de gracias ― Thanksgiving day

   dar gracias ― to give thanks

   darle las gracias a alguien por algo

   to thank someone/somebody for something

   (literally, “to give thanks to somebody”)

Derived terms

• acción de gracias
• gracias a
• gracias a Dios
• gracias de antemano
• gracias un montón
• muchas gracias
• muchísimas gracias
• y gracias

Noun

gracias

1. plural of gracia

Descendants

• Chavacano: grasyas
• English: gracias
• Palenquero: nglasia
• Portuguese: grácias

See also

• agradecer
• gracia

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• cargáis