Catalan

Verb

gravo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of gravar

Italian

Verb

gravo

1. first-person singular present of gravare

Latin

Etymology

From gravis ‎(“heavy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.woː/

Verb

gravō ‎(present infinitive gravāre, perfect active gravāvī, supine gravātum); first conjugation

1. I burden, weigh down, oppress.
2. I make pregnant.
3. I aggravate, make worse
4. I refuse, dislike, shun

Inflection

Descendants

• French: grever
• Spanish: gravar

References

• gravo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gravo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “gravo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) cogent, decisive reasons: magnae (graves) necessariae causae
    
  • (ambiguous) men of sound opinions: homines graves (opp. leves)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be (heavily) punished by some one: poenas (graves) dare alicui
    

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -avu

Verb

gravo

1. first-person singular present indicative of gravar

Spanish

Verb

gravo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of gravar.