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"Humorous" is an adjective which is often translated as "divertido", and "funny" is an adjective which is often translated as "gracioso". Learn more about the difference between "humorous" and "funny" below.
humorous(
hyu
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muhr
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uhs
)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
1. (funny)
a. divertido
His book is a humorous account of the problems of moving to France.Su libro es un relato divertido de los problemas que supone trasladarse a Francia.
b. humorístico
Ogden Nash was well-known for his humorous poems.Ogden Nash era muy conocido por sus versos humorísticos.
c. gracioso
I want my wedding speech to be humorous but not too irreverent.Quiero que mi discurso para la boda sea gracioso pero no demasiado irreverente.
d. cómico
She always sees the humorous side of a situation instead of getting depressed about things.Siempre ve el lado cómico de cada situación, en vez de dejarse abatir.
funny(
fuh
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ni
)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
1. (amusing)
2. (peculiar)
3. (surprising)
a. curioso
It's funny that you should defend those ideas now, when before you were dead against them.Es curioso que ahora defiendas esas idea, cuando antes eras completamente contrario a ellas.
funnies
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
4. (colloquial) (comics) (United States)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United States
a. las tiras cómicas (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Hey, who took the funnies? I was going to read them.Oye, ¿quién se llevó las tiras cómicas? Las iba a leer.
