Gracias - Wiktionary

See also: Gracias and grácias

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish gracias (“thank you”).

Pronunciation

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• (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɑ.θi.əs/
• (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɑ.si.əs/
  • (Tejano) IPA(key): [ˈɡɾɑsiəs]

  • Audio (US):

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Interjection

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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.”

Alternative forms

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• grassy arse, grassy ass (eye dialects)

Related terms

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• muchas gracias, muchos gracias

Anagrams

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• Arcigas, Garicas, agarics

Aragonese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈɡɾaθjas/
• IPA(key): /ˈɡɾasjas/ (Benasquese)
• Syllabification: gra‧cias
• Rhymes: -aθjas

Interjection

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gracias

1. thank you

Noun

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gracias f pl

1. thanks el día d'acción de gracias ― Thanksgiving day dar gracias ― to give thanks dar-li las gracias a belún per bella cosato thank someone/somebody for something(literally, “to give thanks to somebody”)

Noun

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gracias

1. plural of gracia

See also

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• agradeixer
• gracia

French

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

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gracias

1. second-person singular past historic of gracier

Spanish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈɡɾaθjas/ [ˈɡɾa.θjas] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA(key): /ˈɡɾasjas/ [ˈɡɾa.sjas] (Latin America, Philippines)
• IPA(key): [ˈɡɾɑsiəs] (Texas)

• Audio (Spain):

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• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aθjas (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -asjas (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ɑsiəs (Texas)
• Syllabification: gra‧cias

Interjection

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gracias

1. thank you, thanks ¡Gracias! ― Thanks!

Noun

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gracias f pl (plural only)

1. thanks el día de acción de gracias ― Thanksgiving day dar gracias ― to give thanks darle las gracias a alguien por algoto thank someone/somebody for something(literally, “to give thanks to somebody”)

Derived terms

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• acción de gracias
• gracias a
• gracias a Dios
• gracias de antemano
• gracias un montón
• muchas gracias
• muchísimas gracias
• y gracias

Noun

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gracias

1. plural of gracia

Descendants

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

See also

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• agradecer
• gracia

Further reading

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• “gracias”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

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• cargáis