"grave" meaning in Spanish

See grave in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡɾabe/, [ˈɡɾa.β̞e] Forms: graves [feminine, masculine, plural], gravísimo [superlative]
Rhymes: -abe Etymology: Inherited from Old Spanish grave, from Latin gravis. Cf. also the attested Old Spanish form grieve, from Early Medieval Latin grevis, which was more common in other Romance-speaking areas. Etymology templates: {{dercat|es|itc-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|osp|grave|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Spanish grave, {{inh+|es|osp|grave}} Inherited from Old Spanish grave, {{inh|es|la|gravis}} Latin gravis Head templates: {{es-adj|sup=gravísimo}} grave m or f (masculine and feminine plural graves, superlative gravísimo)
  1. serious, grave Tags: feminine, masculine Synonyms: serio
    Sense id: en-grave-es-adj-FRmYK2uo
  2. bass (sound) Tags: feminine, masculine Synonyms: bajo
    Sense id: en-grave-es-adj-zuCNXwHo
  3. solemn Tags: feminine, masculine Synonyms: solemne
    Sense id: en-grave-es-adj-kyeOxI8c
  4. (phonetics) paroxytone; stressed in the penultimate syllable Tags: feminine, masculine Synonyms: llano Coordinate_terms: agudo, esdrújulo, sobresdrújulo
    Sense id: en-grave-es-adj-44qHrAvj Categories (other): Phonetics Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: acento grave, gravemente, gravoso Related terms: gravar, gravedad, gravitar
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈɡɾabe/, [ˈɡɾa.β̞e]
Rhymes: -abe Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} grave
  1. inflection of gravar:
    first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: gravar
    Sense id: en-grave-es-verb-RnPxQw0t Categories (other): Pages with 18 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 18 entries: 3 5 0 0 2 1 7 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 3 0 0 4 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 3 1 7 3 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 6 0 0 2 1 7 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 3 0 0 4 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 3 1 8 3 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 1 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 1 23 56 17
  2. inflection of gravar:
    third-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: gravar
    Sense id: en-grave-es-verb-1u89O7of
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "[ˈɡɾa.β̞e]"
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