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Worth knowing: gracioso looks like a cousin of the English word gracious, but it is a false cognate. Gracious means courteous or elegant, while gracioso means funny or amusing. Calling someone muy gracioso is a compliment about their sense of humor, not their manners.

Fun fact: alegre shares a Latin root with the Italian musical term allegro, which is why a fast, lively piece of music is called allegro. In everyday Spanish, alegre describes a cheerful or happy person, not a musical tempo.