gravedad

Spanish

Etymology

From grave +‎ -dad, possibly corresponding to Latin gravitātem (“weight”) (with the physics sense of "gravity" a later development).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾabeˈdad/ [ɡɾa.β̞eˈð̞að̞]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: gra‧ve‧dad

Noun

gravedad f (plural gravedades)

1. seriousness, severity

   herido de gravedad ― seriously injured

2. (physics) gravity

Derived terms

• centro de gravedad

 

Related terms

• grave
• gravitatorio

 

See also

• (fundamental interactions) interacción fundamental; interacción gravitatoria/gravedad, interacción electromagnética, interacción nuclear fuerte/interacción fuerte, interacción nuclear débil/interacción débil ^{(Category: es:Physics)}

Further reading

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