gracias

See also: Gracias and grácias

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gracias (thank you).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɑ.si.əs/

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.”

Anagrams


French

Pronunciation

  • (France) IPA(key): /ɡʁa.sja/
  • (Québec) IPA(key): /ɡʁa.sjɑ/, [ɡʁa.sjɑ], [ɡʁa.sjɔ]

Verb

gracias

  1. second-person singular past historic of gracier

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾaθjas/
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾasjas/
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Etymology

From gracia < Latin gratia, as used in the phrase gratias agere (to express thanks).

Interjection

gracias

  1. thank you

Noun

gracias

  1. plural of gracia

gracias f pl (plural only)

  1. thanks
    El día de acción de gracias Thanksgiving day
    Dar las gracias To give thanks

See also

Descendants

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