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gracioso

[ grey-shee-oh-soh, grah-see-; Spanish grah-thyaw-saw, -syaw- ]

noun

, plural gra·ci·o·sos [grey-shee-, oh, -sohz, grah-see-, g, r, ah-, thyaw, -saws].
  1. a buffoon or clown in Spanish comedy.


gracioso

/ ˌɡræsɪˈəʊsəʊ; ɡraˈθjoso /

noun

  1. a clown in Spanish comedy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gracioso1

1640–50; < Spanish: amiable, gracious, spirited (noun use of adj.) < Latin grātiōsus gracious
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gracioso1

C17: from Spanish: gracious
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Example Sentences

You could hear it too in the briefest articulations, such as the resonant pizzicatos of Ravel’s cheeky “Alborada del Gracioso,” which on Monday opened the first concert, or the sonorous orchestral stabs on the last page of Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony, which on Tuesday closed the second.

Antes de que González Cortez se pueda dormir, repasa videos de su padre en los que habla ruidosamente, es gracioso y simplemente disfruta de su calidez.

Bortolameolli opened the program with excerpts from Falla’s most famous ballet, “The Three-Cornered Hat,” played with delight in mind, as was the curtain-raiser — Ravel’s “Alborada del Gracioso.”

Also on the bill are Ravel’s “Alborada del gracioso” and Stravinsky’s “The Firebird,” performed in its entirety.

His program also included Ravel's "Alborada del gracioso" and Piano Concerto in G, with Spanish pianist Javier Perianes subbing for an indisposed Pierre-Laurent Aimard.

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