agravante

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

(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)

aggravating

Derived terms

agravantemente

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)

aggravating

Derived terms

Noun

agravante m or f same meaning (plural agravantes)

(law) aggravation (extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity)
asesinato con agravantes ― aggravated murder
extra negative circumstance; something that makes matters worse

Further reading

“agravante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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