graça

See also: graca, Graca, and Graça

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese graça, an early borrowing from Latin grātia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾa.sɐ/

  • Audio (Portugal (Porto)):(file)
  • Rhymes: -asɐ
  • Homophone: grassa
  • Hyphenation: gra‧ça

Noun

graça f (plural graças)

  1. grace (divine assistance)
  2. grace (elegance)
    Synonym: elegância
  3. frolic, jocosity, joke
    Synonym: piada
  4. funniness (quality of being funny)
  5. cutie (term of endearment referring to a cute person or animal)
  6. (law) pardon
  7. (in the plural) thanks
    Synonym: agradecimento
  8. (dated) a person's name
    Com licença, senhora; qual a sua graça?
    Excuse me, lady; what is your name?

Derived terms

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