gracioso

American  

[grey-shee-oh-soh, grah-see-, grah-thyaw-saw, -syaw-] / ˌgreɪ ʃiˈoʊ soʊ, ˌgrɑ si-, grɑˈθyɔ sɔ, -ˈsyɔ- /

noun

plural

graciosos

1. a buffoon or clown in Spanish comedy.

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gracioso British  

/ ˌɡræsɪˈəʊsəʊ, ɡraˈθjoso /

noun

1. a clown in Spanish comedy

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Etymology

Origin of gracioso

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

Example Sentences

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.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2021

“Yo no sé qué es más gracioso: lo que está pasando en mío departamento o mirar Fox News y oír hablar a Donald Trump”.

From Washington Times • Sep. 5, 2015

Ravel's "Bolero," "Rapsodie espagnole," "Alborada del gracioso" and "Pavane pour une infant défunte" round out the program.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2013

Another element which he established in the Spanish drama, was the comic under-plot, and the witty gracioso or droll, the parody of the heroic character of the play.

From Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities by Botta, Anne C. Lynch

Pulgar, another contemporary, eulogizes "el mirar muy gracioso, y honesto, las facciones del rostro bien puestas, la cara toda muy hermosa."

From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 by Prescott, William Hickling