"grato" meaning in Italian

See grato in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡra.to/ Forms: grata [feminine], grati [masculine, plural], grate [feminine, plural], gratissimo [superlative]
Rhymes: -ato Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥Htós Proto-Italic *gʷrātos Latin grātus Italian grato Borrowed from Latin grātus (whence also grado, an inherited doublet), from Proto-Italic *gʷrātos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥Htós, derived from the root *gʷerH- (“to praise; to elevate”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|it|:inh|la:grātus|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥Htós Proto-Italic *gʷrātos Latin grātus Italian grato [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*gʷrātos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "grātus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "grato", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" }" data-lang="it" data-title="grato">, {{bor+|it|la|grātus}} Borrowed from Latin grātus, {{doublet|it|grado|notext=1}} grado, {{der|it|itc-pro|*gʷrātos}} Proto-Italic *gʷrātos, {{der|it|ine-pro||*gʷr̥Htós}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥Htós Head templates: {{it-adj|sup=gratissimo}} grato (feminine grata, masculine plural grati, feminine plural grate, superlative gratissimo)
  1. appreciated, welcome Synonyms: apprezzato, benaccetto, gradito
    Sense id: en-grato-it-adj-QMfftPvx Categories (other): Italian entries with etymology trees, Italian entries with etymon, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymology trees: 77 23 0 Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymon: 48 52 0 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 61 27 12 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 77 23 0 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 77 23 0 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 77 23 0
  2. (rare) pleasant Tags: rare Synonyms: gradito, piacevole
    Sense id: en-grato-it-adj-VMC8qw5z Categories (other): Italian entries with etymon Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymon: 48 52 0
  3. grateful Synonyms: riconoscente
    Sense id: en-grato-it-adj-hlK2uOGx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: gratitudine, grazia

Inflected forms

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