gracias

See also: Gracias and grácias

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gracias (thank you).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɑ.si.əs/
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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.”

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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): (Spain) /ˈɡɾaθjas/ [ˈɡɾa.θjas]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈɡɾasjas/ [ˈɡɾa.sjas]
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  • (Spain) Rhymes: -aθjas
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -asjas
  • Syllabification: gra‧cias

Interjection

gracias

  1. thank you

Noun

gracias f pl (plural only)

  1. thanks
    el día de acción de graciasThanksgiving day
    dar graciasto give thanks
    darle las gracias a alguien por algo
    to thank someone/somebody for something
    (literally, “to give thanks to somebody”)

Derived terms

Noun

gracias

  1. plural of gracia

Descendants

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

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