grasiento
/ɡɾasjento/from spelling rules
The English word greasy is translated into Spanish as grasiento.
grasiento is used to describe something that contains a lot of grease or fat. You can use the phrase pelo grasiento to describe a person's greasy hair, or use manos engrasadas and manos llenas de grasa to describe greasy hands.
Meaning: Containing a lot of grease or fat (adj)
Which one should you use?
While grasiento is a standard way to express this, grasoso is a common synonym often used to describe objects that are oily or have a greasy texture. For a more formal tone when discussing food or oily textures, you may use graso/a. If you are specifically describing substances or materials that are oily or greasy, the formal term oleoso/a is appropriate.
How does it change in a sentence?
As an adjective, grasiento must agree with the noun it describes. Use grasienta for feminine singular nouns, grasientos for masculine plural nouns and grasientas for feminine plural nouns.
How do you pronounce it?
/ɡɾasjento/
Did you know?
- In some Latin American regions, calling a person grasoso describes someone who is 'cheesy' or overly sentimental to a cringeworthy degree.
- Using aceitoso instead of grasiento for skin or hair changes the description from a thick residue to a thinner, liquid-like oiliness.
- If you use graso to describe food, you are often making a nutritional or medical judgment about the high fat content, rather than just commenting on the taste or texture.
Examples in context
- Ella no se atrevió a tocar el grasiento menú del restaurante.She didn't dare touch the greasy restaurant menu.This sentence shows the use of grasiento to describe a restaurant menu.Tatoeba #5235206 by albrusgher, translation #3289372 by mervert1
- El pollo está muy grasoso.The chicken is very greasy.
- Ten cuidado con tus manos, están llenas de grasa.Be careful with your hands, they are full of grease.
- Los productos de belleza contienen ingredientes oleosos.Beauty products contain oily ingredients.
- El bocadillo está muy aceitoso.The sandwich is very greasy.
- No toques el pelo del perro, está aceitoso.Don't touch the dog's hair, it is greasy.
- Mira esa pizza, está completamente embadurnada de grasa.Look at that pizza, it's totally covered in grease.
- Después de trabajar en el taller, mi ropa está embadurnada de grasa.After working in the workshop, my clothes are covered in grease.
- El mecanismo de la puerta está engrasado.The door mechanism is greased/oiled.
- La comida está muy grasosa.The food is very greasy.
- Esa sartén está completamente embadurnada de aceite.That pan is completely coated in oil.
- Ten cuidado, está resbaladizo/a por la grasaBe careful, it's slippery because of the grease
Example conversation
Mateo and María are eating at a fast food restaurant.
- Mateo¿Te gusta esta hamburguesa, María?Do you like this burger, María?
- MaríaNo, está demasiado grasienta.No, it is too greasy.
- MateoEs verdad, el papel está muy grasiento.It is true, the paper is very greasy.
- MaríaPrefiero comer algo más ligero.I prefer to eat something lighter.
Sources
- Pronunciation: Wiktionary entry grasiento, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
