Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A clown or buffoon in Spanish comedies.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A favorite.
- noun A character in Spanish comedy, corresponding in many respects to the English clown.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The last speaker, whoever he may be, and he is frequently the 'gracioso', abandons, for the last few lines of his speech, his assumed character, and addresses the audience as an actor in a brief epilogue.
The Purgatory of St. Patrick Pedro Calder��n de la Barca 1640
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“Ahhh tu eres de Venezuela?” me preguntaba mientras reía, “es verdad que ustedes tienen una escuela para formar misses? que gracioso!”
Global Voices in English » Venezuela: Another Miss Universe Crown 2009
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D es gracioso, me gusta. me dio mucho risa el 'pelo-en-pecho' que tenía el señor, fue, lejos, lo mejor xD
Elio on Vimeo 2010
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Tuesday's all-Ravel first half, with "Alborada del gracioso," the suite from "Ma mère l'oye" (Mother Goose) and the "Rapsodie espagnole" offered more thoughts and ideas and timbres in a short span of time than many entire programs.
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As to Schubert, the two movements of his "Unfinished" Symphony, Dudamel drew out its old-world character - the dancey, gracioso, tenderly Romantic qualities we can ideally hear.
Donna Perlmutter: Doings at Disney Hall: A Tale of Two Orchestras 2009
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“Ahhh tu eres de Venezuela?” me preguntaba mientras reía, “es verdad que ustedes tienen una escuela para formar misses? que gracioso!”
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“Ahhh tu eres de Venezuela?” me preguntaba mientras reía, “es verdad que ustedes tienen una escuela para formar misses? que gracioso!”
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¿Quién fue el gracioso que gritó The Matrix desde el fondo de la sala de clases?
Jose Manuel Simian: Social Security as a Mexican Soap Opera 2008
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“Muy gracioso,” she said—border slang for “very funny”—and hurried off to fetch the charge nurse, who immediately paged the resident on call.
The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw 2001
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“Muy gracioso,” she said—border slang for “very funny”—and hurried off to fetch the charge nurse, who immediately paged the resident on call.
The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw 2001
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