graças
Portuguese, interjection/ˈɡɾa.sɐs/
graças is spelled G-R-A-Ç-A-S (6 letters) and appears 110 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 889th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Graças is a Portuguese interjection meaning “thank you” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of graça. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bem haja”.
What does graças mean in English?
interjection
- 1
obsoletethank you
noun
- 1
plural of graça
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. bem haja 2. muito obrigado
noun: 1. agradecimento 2. benefícios espirituais concedidos pela igreja 3. designação de três deusas do paganismo
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.
How do you pronounce graças?
- Brazil /ˈɡɾa.sɐs/
- /ˈɡɾa.sɐʃ/
- Portugal /ˈɡɾa.sɐʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to graças
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is graças in Portuguese?
graças appears 110 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).