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agraciar

Portuguese, verb/a.ɡɾa.siˈa(ʁ)/

agraciar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to grace, to honour, to reward” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “condecorar”.

What does agraciar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to grace, to honour, to reward

    Obrigado por nos agraciar com a sua presença.

  2. 2

    to shower (bestow liberally)

  3. 3

    to decorate (honor by providing a medal, ribbon, or other adornment)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. condecorar 2. favorecer

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of agraciar

  • agracio first-person present singular
  • agraciei first-person preterite singular
  • agraciado participle past
  • agraciares infinitive second-person singular
  • agraciarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • agraciardes infinitive plural second-person
  • agraciarem infinitive plural third-person
  • agraciando gerund
  • agraciados masculine participle past
  • agraciada feminine participle past
  • agraciadas feminine participle past
  • agracias indicative present second-person
  • agracia indicative present singular
  • agraciamos first-person indicative plural
  • agraciais indicative plural present
  • agraciam indicative plural present
  • agraciava first-person imperfect indicative
  • agraciavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce agraciar?

  • Brazil /a.ɡɾa.siˈa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [a.ɡɾa.siˈa(h)]
  • Brazil /a.ɡɾaˈsja(ʁ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to agraciar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is agraciar in Portuguese?

agraciar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).