grasa

See also: grasă, graśa, and grása

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish grasa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: gra‧sa

Noun

grasa

1. grease

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Italian grassoder.

Spanish grasader.

Latin crassus

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

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Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā)influ.

Latin -ia

Vulgar Latin *crassia

Old French craisse

French graisseder.

Esperanto graso

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

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Latin -a

Italian -ader.

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Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto grasa

From graso + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrasa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: gra‧sa

Adjective

grasa (accusative singular grasan, plural grasaj, accusative plural grasajn)

1. greasy, fatty
2. bold (in the sense of boldface font)

Related terms

• graso

Further reading

• “grasa”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “grasa”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Kabuverdianu

Alternative forms

• gana (Sotavento)

Noun

grasa

1. (Barlavento) desire
2. (Barlavento) craving
3. (Barlavento) wish

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015), Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary (overall work in English), Mili Mila, →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012), Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• grasene

Noun

grasa n

1. definite plural of gras

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

grasa n

1. definite plural of gras

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɑ.sɑ/, [ˈɡrɑ.zɑ]

Noun

grasa n

1. genitive plural of græs
2. genitive plural of gres

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin grassa, from Latin crassus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾasa/ [ˈɡɾa.sa]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: gra‧sa

Noun

grasa f (plural grasas)

1. fat or grease used in cooking
2. nutritional fat

Related terms

• engrasar
• grasera
• grasiento
• grasoso

Descendants

• Chavacano: grasa
• → Tagalog: grasa

Adjective

grasa f sg

1. feminine singular of graso

See also

• gordo

Further reading

• “grasa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin crassus

Vulgar Latin *grassa

Spanish grasabor.

Tagalog grasa

Borrowed from Spanish grasa, from Vulgar Latin *grassa, from Latin crassus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾasa/ [ˈɡ̠ɾaː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: gra‧sa

Noun

grasa (Baybayin spelling ᜄ᜔ᜇᜐ)

1. grease

Derived terms

• grasahan
• maggrasa
• magrasa
• taong-grasa

Anagrams

• Ragas

Venetan

Adjective

grasa

1. feminine singular of graso

Noun

grasa f

1. dung, manure