agravante

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡɾaˈvɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡɾaˈvɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡɾaˈvɐ̃.te/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡɾɐˈvɐ̃.tɨ/ [ɐ.ɣɾɐˈvɐ̃.tɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡɾɐˈvɐ̃.tɨ/ [ɐ.ɣɾɐˈvɐ̃.tɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡɾɐˈbɐ̃.tɨ/ [ɐ.ɣɾɐˈβɐ̃.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: a‧gra‧van‧te

Adjective

agravante m or f (plural agravantes)

1. aggravating

Derived terms

• agravantemente

Noun

agravante m (plural agravantes)

1. (law) aggravation (extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity)

   Antonym: atenuante

   assassinato com agravantes ― aggravated murder

2. extra negative circumstance; something that makes matters worse

Spanish

Etymology

From agravar +‎ -ante. The feminine gender variant of the noun comes from a clipping of circunstancia agravante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡɾaˈbante/ [a.ɣ̞ɾaˈβ̞ãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: a‧gra‧van‧te

Adjective

agravante m or f (masculine and feminine plural agravantes)

1. aggravating

Derived terms

• agravantemente
• circunstancia agravante

 

Noun

agravante m or f same meaning (plural agravantes)

1. (law) aggravation (extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity)

   asesinato con agravantes ― aggravated murder

2. extra negative circumstance; something that makes matters worse

Further reading

• “agravante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16