aggravo

See also: aggravò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɡˈɡra.vo/
  • Rhymes: -avo
  • Hyphenation: ag‧grà‧vo

Verb

aggravo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of aggravare

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ad- +‎ gravō (weigh down; oppress).

Pronunciation

Verb

aggravō (present infinitive aggravāre, perfect active aggravāvī, supine aggravātum); first conjugation

  1. to add to or increase the weight of, make heavier, weigh down
    Synonyms: gravō, ingravō
  2. (figuratively) to make worse or more dangerous, aggravate
    Synonyms: gravō, ingravō, onerō
  3. (figuratively) to oppress, burden, annoy
    Synonyms: gravō, ingravō, premō, opprimō

Conjugation

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.