aggravo
See also: aggravò
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɡˈɡra.vo/
- Rhymes: -avo
- Hyphenation: ag‧grà‧vo
Verb
aggravo
- first-person singular present indicative of aggravare
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ad- + gravō (“weigh down; oppress”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaɡ.ɡra.woː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaɡ.ɡra.vo]
Verb
aggravō (present infinitive aggravāre, perfect active aggravāvī, supine aggravātum); first conjugation
- to add to or increase the weight of, make heavier, weigh down
- (figuratively) to make worse or more dangerous, aggravate
- (figuratively) to oppress, burden, annoy
Conjugation
Conjugation of aggravō (first conjugation)
Related terms
Descendants
- English: aggravate, aggrieve
- French: aggraver
- Italian: aggravare
- Portuguese: agravar
- Spanish: agravar
References
- “aggravo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aggravo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aggravo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.