Gracia in english
Grace
pronunciation: greɪs part of speech: noun
pronunciation: greɪs part of speech: noun
In gestures
gracia = amnesty ; grace ; wit.
Example: Security at the library has been improved and recommendations for the future include: amnesty weeks for the return of books and severe penalties for offenders, e.g. expulsion for a student, dismissal for a member of staff.Example: God offers penitents redemption but also bestows His 'common grace' on all.Example: The tone of voice should suggest that the inquirer's interest demonstrates something positive about the person -- if not charm, wit, or intelligence, then perhaps earnestness.more:
» aguantar con gracia = suffer with + grace .
Example: She took a lot of abuse, a lot of insults, but she always kept her dignity, she knew how to suffer with grace, she had class.» asestar el golpe de gracia = administer + the coup de grace ; deliver + the coup de grace .
Example: He was also the only of the partners in crime who administered the coup de grace to each of the murdered women. Example: By then the church was in ruins and Apaches delivered the coup de grâce by torching its remaining timbers and other wooden elements.» caer en gracia = take + a fancy to ; take + a shine to ; take + a liking to ; cotton (on) to ; go from + sinner to saint .
Example: He is a collector who wants to form a collection by making his own paintings of pictures he has taken a fancy to in other people's houses. Example: She took a shine to Sheldon, and before he knows what has happened, the misanthropic physicist finds himself with a girlfriend. Example: He quickly took a liking to American clothing stores and acquired a taste for fast-food restaurants. Example: He was a most affable bloke, and she cottoned on to him right away. Example: It's amazing how quickly a political figure can go from sinner to saint when they resign, quit, or die.» con gracia = wittily ; funnily ; prettily .
Example: This lovely book interestingly and wittily makes us aware of the ancient and colourful lineage of which we are a part. Example: You should be a comedian, you look funny, you sound funny, you act funny, and your body even functions funnily. Example: He didn't even have the good grace to blush, even slightly, when she fluttered her eyelashes prettily and thrust her breasts forward.» dar el golpe de gracia = administer + the coup de grace ; deliver + the coup de grace ; strike + a death blow ; deal + a death blow ; deal + a killer blow ; deliver + a killer blow ; deliver + a death blow ; strike + a killer blow .
Example: He was also the only of the partners in crime who administered the coup de grace to each of the murdered women. Example: By then the church was in ruins and Apaches delivered the coup de grâce by torching its remaining timbers and other wooden elements. Example: Moreover, military operations, whatever they may be, will not be able to strike a death blow to international terrorism, indicating that its high time that we probe the topic from a fresh standpoint. Example: It has been said that Cutter in developing his method of alphabetic subject indexing 'dealt the death blow' to ninenteenth-century title-term indexing. Example: Pakistan has vowed to target Taliban leaders and deal a killer blow to the Islamists. Example: Some of these remedies would undoubtedly have delivered a killer blow to the parasites in a horse's gut, but unfortunately harmed the horse in the process. Example: Lebanon is in such turmoil that war at the present time would deliver a death blow to the economy. Example: Merick quickly sprang to his feet and rushed forward to strike a killer blow, but the troll was already dead.» falto de gracia = ungainly .
Example: Secondly, zebras can be ungainly when they run -- it is all legs, arse and tail.» golpe de gracia = coup de grace ; kiss of death ; killer blow ; death blow .
Example: The article 'Baker and Taylor's coup de grace' reports on how the book and video distributor Baker and Taylor has revamped its corporate outline and rethought its mission. Example: The article 'The kiss of death...or life' looks at how changes in Uruguyan copyright laws will affect US publishers. Example: Three times she tracked him down and fought him, only to be thwarted as he somehow evaded her killer blow and disappeared into the night. Example: Another employee said the plant's closure would be the death blow for the entire region.» gracia redentora = saving grace .
Example: I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities -- a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.» hacer gracia = tickle + Posesivo + fancy ; feel + amused .
Example: Come on in and browse around -- hopefully you will find something that tickles your fancy. Example: We even react as though it were all happening to us by feeling sad or happy, frightened or angry, amused or scandalized, and so on.» lleno de gracia = graceful .
Example: The author who can vary his terminology to maintain the reader's interest is a handicap to the indexer, who is more concerned with the ideas conveyed than with the niceties of a graceful literary style.» morir en estado de gracia = die in + a state of grace .
Example: If the person died in a state of grace, Christ will reward the individual in proportion to his good works.» morir en gracia = die in + a state of grace .
Example: If the person died in a state of grace, Christ will reward the individual in proportion to his good works.» no hacer ninguna gracia = not take + kindly to .
Example: Although microcomputers are relatively robust, they do not take kindly to frequent moves from one location to another, particularly on wheeled trollies.» período de gracia = grace period ; time of grace .
Example: For monographs, undergraduates have a one-day grace period. Example: This file has to checked every day, and after a time of grace of a week, a reminder is to be sent to the borrower.» sin gracia = dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.] .
Example: This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.» sin nada de gracia = unfunny .
Example: This ostensible comedy about two straight men on a gay cruise is acutely unfunny.» sufrir con gracia = suffer with + grace .
Example: She took a lot of abuse, a lot of insults, but she always kept her dignity, she knew how to suffer with grace, she had class.» tiro de gracia = coup de grace .
Example: The article 'Baker and Taylor's coup de grace' reports on how the book and video distributor Baker and Taylor has revamped its corporate outline and rethought its mission.» verle la gracia a Algo = see + the funny side .
Example: I would have thought with all the dope you guys smoke you would have been able to see the funny side of those comments.