gracias
See also: Gracias and grácias
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish gracias (“thank you”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɑ.si.əs/
Interjection
gracias
- (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.”
- 1993, Roddy Doyle, The Van, link
Alternative forms
- grassy arse, grassy ass (eye dialects)
Related terms
- muchas gracias
Anagrams
- Arcigas, Garicas, agarics
French
Pronunciation
- (France) IPA(key): /ɡʁa.sja/, /ɡʁa.sjɑ/
- (Quebec) IPA(key): /ɡʁa.sjɑ/, [ɡʁa.sjɑ], [ɡʁa.sjɔ]
Verb
gracias
- second-person singular past historic of gracier
Spanish
Etymology
From gracia < Latin grātia, as used in the phrase gratias agere (“to express thanks”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈɡɾaθjas/ [ˈɡɾa.θjas]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈɡɾasjas/ [ˈɡɾa.sjas]
audio (Spain) (file) Audio (file) Audio (file) - (Spain) Rhymes: -aθjas
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -asjas
- Syllabification: gra‧cias
Interjection
gracias
- thank you
Noun
gracias f pl (plural only)
- thanks
- el día de acción de gracias ― Thanksgiving day
- dar gracias ― to give thanks
- darle las gracias a alguien por algo
- to thank someone/somebody for something
- (literally, “to give thanks to somebody”)
Derived terms
- acción de gracias
- gracias a
- gracias a Dios
- gracias de antemano
- gracias un montón
- muchas gracias
- muchísimas gracias
Noun
gracias
- plural of gracia
Descendants
- Chavacano: grasyas
- English: gracias
- Palenquero: nglasia
- Portuguese: grácias
See also
- agradecer
- gracia
Further reading
- “gracias”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014