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Spanish Word of the Day Archive
Thursday September 27, 2007
gracia, noun:
to be funny
In general, gracia can apply to any situation or person that is funny or amusing. It’s used in several idiomatic phrases, and tener gracia, to be funny, is a common one.
Sus chistes tienen mucha gracia.
His jokes are very funny.
Tendría gracia que ahora todo le saliera* mal.
It would be funny if everything went wrong for him now.
Gracia can also mean grace, gracefulness, though that is not one of its more common meanings:
La gordita esa baila con mucha gracia.
That chubby girl over there dances very gracefully.
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