Spanish

Proper noun

Gracias ?

1. A colonial town in the Lempira department of Honduras.

English

Interjection

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.”

Related terms

• muchas gracias
• grassy arse
• grassy ass

French

Pronunciation

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

Verb

gracias

1. second-person singular past historic of gracier

Spanish

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾa.θjas/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾa.sjas/

Etymology

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

Interjection

gracias

1. thank you

Noun

gracias

1. plural of gracia

gracias f pl ‎(plurale tantum)

1. thanks

   El día de acción de gracias – Thanksgiving day

   Dar las gracias – To give thanks

See also

• agradecer
• gracia

Descendants

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