grave – Portuguese adjective declension

Portuguese adjective forms of grave

Adjective: grave

Hyphenation:
Singular m.grave
Singular f.grave
Plural m.graves
Plural f.graves

Sample Sentences

  • Sofria de uma doença grave. (He suffered from a serious disease.)
  • O som da tuba é mais grave do que o do trombone. (The sound of the tuba has a lower pitch than that of the trombone.)
  • O programa tinha um tom grave. (The program had a serious tone.)
  • O balão não é um corpo grave. (Balloons are not a falling body.)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese grave, from Latin gravis (“heavy; grave”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us. See: Latin Adjectives 'gravis'.

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