gracioso
Spanish, noun/ɡɾaˈθjoso/
gracioso is spelled G-R-A-C-I-O-S-O (8 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,473rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gracioso is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “joker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Actor que interpreta papeles cómicos”.
What does gracioso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
funny, amusing
- 2
silly (playful, giggly)
- 3
facetious, cute
Hombre, tranquilo. Yo no estaba hablando en serio. Solo estaba haciéndome el gracioso.
- 4
graceful
- 5
pleasing
- 6
informalcute, rich
Eso es gracioso viniendo de él porque hizo lo mismo hace años que ahora la ha acusado.
- 7
annoying, graceless
noun
- 1
feminineinformalmasculinejoker
No te hagas el gracioso conmigo.
- 2
femininemasculinegracioso (bawdy clown or jester in 16th-century Spanish comedy)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que tiene o hace gracia. 2. Que place a la vista. 3. Desagradable, que no hace reír.
noun: 1. Actor que interpreta papeles cómicos. 2. Personaje típico de la comedia clásica española, casi siempre un criado, que se caracteriza por ser ingenioso y socarrón.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gracioso
- graciosa feminine
- graciosos masculine plural
- graciosas feminine plural
- graciosísimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gracioso?
- /ɡɾaˈθjoso/
- [ɡɾaˈθjo.so]
- /ɡɾaˈsjoso/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gracioso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gracioso in Spanish?
gracioso appears 23 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).