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"Witty" is an adjective which is often translated as "agudo", and "funny" is an adjective which is often translated as "gracioso". Learn more about the difference between "witty" and "funny" below.
witty(
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)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
1. (ingenious)
a. agudo
Sam had everyone laughing with his witty remarks.Sam tenía a todos riéndose con sus comentarios agudos.
b. ingenioso
A witty speech is equal parts content and delivery.Un discurso ingenioso es el contenido y la entrega por partes iguales.
c. ocurrente
Our tour guide in Paris was so witty.Nuestra guía turística en Paris era muy ocurrente.
funny(
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)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.
