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gracia / that's the whole point
gracia
1. (=diversiónoun)
1.1. [de chiste, persona]
·yo no le veo la gracia
·I don't see what'noun so funny
·si no lo cuentas bien se le va la gracia
·if you don't tell it well the joke is lost
·nos lo contó con mucha gracia
·he told it to us in a very funny o amusing way
·ahí está la gracia
·that'noun the whole point
b. [coger] o [pescar] la gracia = to see the point of a joke
1.2. [hacer] gracia a somebody, someone
·a masculineí no me hace gracia ese humorista
·I don't find that comedian funny
·me hace gracia ver a mi padre en la televisiónoun
·it'noun funny seeing my father on television
·me hace gracia que me llamen conservador precisamente ellos
·it'noun funny that they of all people should call me conservative
·no me hacía gracia su aire de superioridad
·I didn't like his air of superiority
·al jefe no le va a hacer ninguna gracia que nos vayamos a casa
·our boss is not going to be at all happy about us going home
·no me hace mucha gracia la idea de tener que trabajar este domingo
I'masculine not wild about the idea of having to work this Sunday *
1.3. [tener] gracia
[broma, chiste] to be funny
[persona]
(=ser ingenioso) to be witty
(=ser divertido) to be funny, be amusing
·la broma no tuvo gracia
·the joke wasn't funny
·¡tiene gracia la cosa!
iró isn't that (just) great! iró
·tendría gracia que se estropeara el despertador justamente hoy
iró wouldn't it be just great if the alarm didn't go off today of all days? iró
·tiene mucha gracia hablando
·he'noun very witty, he'noun very funny o amusing
·tiene mucha gracia contando chistes
·his jokes are really funny
1.4. ¡[qué] gracia! (generally) how funny! (iró) it'noun great, isn't it?
·¿así que tu hermano y mi hermano se conocen? ¡qué gracia!
·so your brother and mine know each other -- how funny!
·y, ¡qué gracia!, me dice el profesor: --señorita, compórtese
·and the teacher said to me, it was so funny, "behave yourself, young lady"
·¡qué gracia! ¿no? tú de vacaciones y yo aquí estudiando
iró it'noun great, isn't it? you are on holiday while I am here studying iró
1.5. [dar] en la gracia de hacer algo = to take to doing something
2. (=encanto)
2.1. (al moverse) gracefulness, grace
·se mueve con gracia
·she moves gracefully
·[sin] gracia
·ungraceful, lacking in gracefulness o grace
·[tener] gracia
·to be graceful
2.2. (en la personalidad) charm
·[tener] gracia
[persona] to have charm
[objeto] to be nice
·no es guapo, pero tiene cierta gracia
·he'noun not good-looking but he has a certain charm
·no tiene ninguna gracia vistiendo
·she has no dress sense
3. (=chiste) joke
a. [hacer] una gracia a somebody, someone = to play a prank on somebody
·hizo una de sus gracias
·he showed himself up once again
b. [reírle] las gracias a somebody, someone = to laugh along with somebody
4. gracias
4.1. (para expresar agradecimiento) thanks
·¡gracias!
·thank you!
·¡muchas gracias!
·thank you very much!, thanks a lot!, many thanks! masculineánoun formal usage
a. [dar] las gracias a somebody, someone = to thank somebody (por for)
·no nos dio ni las gracias
·he didn't even say thank you, he didn't even thank us
·llamaba para darte las gracias por todo
·I am phoning to thank you for everything
b. toma eso, ¡[y] gracias! = take that and be thankful!
·y gracias que no llegó a masculineánoun
·and we etcetera were lucky to get off so lightly
4.2. gracias [a] = thanks to
·hemos conseguido esta casa gracias a ellos
·it'noun thanks to them that we got this house
·han sobrevivido gracias a la ayuda internacional
·they have survived with the help of o thanks to international aid
·la familia se mantiene gracias a que el padre y la madre trabajan
·the family manages to support itself thanks to the fact that both parents work
b. gracias a [Dios] = thank heaven(noun)
5. (religion) grace
·estar [en] gracia (de Dios)
·to be in a state of grace
·[por] la gracia de Dios
·by the grace of God
6. (law, legal) mercy, pardon
·[medida] de gracia
·pardon
7. (=favor) favour, favor United States
·te concederé la gracia que me pidas
·I will grant you whatever favour you request
·[caer] de la gracia de somebody, someone
† fall out of favour with somebody
a. [de] gracia † free, gratis
b. caer [en] gracia a somebody, someone to warm to somebody, take a liking to somebody
·me cayó en gracia enseguida
·I warmed to him immediately, I took an immediate liking to him
·nunca me cayó en gracia tu suegra
·I never really liked your mother-in-law
c. hacer a somebody, someone gracia de algo to spare somebody something
·te hago gracia de los detalles
·I'll spare you the details
8. (=benevolencia) graciousness
9. (mythology)
·las tres Gracias
·the Three Graces
10. ·[en gracia a]
† on account of
·en gracia a la brevedad
·for the sake of brevity
11. †
(=nombre) name
·¿cuál es su gracia?
·what is your name?
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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