gragea
candy-coated pill · candy
The Spanish word "gragea" refers to a small, usually round candy or tablet with a hard coating, often sugar-coated, that contains medicine or flavoring inside. It is commonly used to describe a type of pill or confectionery.
Meaning:
- Candy or sweet: A small, round candy with a hard sugary outer shell.
- Pharmaceutical form: A small pill or tablet that is coated, typically with sugar or another substance, to mask taste or for easier swallowing.
Word parts:
- The word doesn't have clear separable parts in Spanish but it comes from the French word "dragée," which means sugar-coated pill or candy.
Synonyms:
- Caramelo (candy) — when referring to sweets.
- Píldora or tableta (pill/tablet) — when referring to medicine form.
Antonyms:
- There isn't a direct antonym, but for medicine form, a líquido (liquid) would be a contrasting dosage form; for candy, chicle (chewing gum), which is not sugar-coated or hard, might be somewhat opposite.
Usage:
"Las grageas de vitamina C son fáciles de tomar porque no tienen sabor amargo."
(Vitamin C tablets are easy to take because they don't have a bitter taste.)
"Compré grageas de chocolate para los niños."
(I bought chocolate-coated candies for the children.)
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Examples
Las grageas se derritieron por el calor del verano.Word type unavailable
The candy-coated pills melted because of the summer heat.
Ella guardó una gragea para comérsela después de la cena.noun
She saved a candy to eat it after dinner.
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