Gracioso

Gracioso is the nickname of the funny person in the Spanish comedy, who is particularly popular in the cloak and sword pieces (Comedias de capa y espada) under different names: Bobo ("fool"), Simple ("simpleton"), Picaro ("crook") etc., occurs. He is the sometimes cunning, sometimes cute simple-minded, but always funny servant or the more refined companion who usually parodies the mainspring of his master.

An example of a Gracioso is the servant Cosme in Calderón's Lady Kobold .