gravata

Galician

gravata (necktie)

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Noun

gravata f (plural gravatas)

1. tie, necktie, cravat

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Italian

Participle

gravata f sg

1. feminine singular of gravato

Anagrams

• targava

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Latin

Participle

gravāta

1. inflection of gravātus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

gravātā

1. ablative feminine singular of gravātus

References

• gravata in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Portuguese

gravata

Etymology

From French cravate (“necktie”), from Serbo-Croatian Hr̀vāt (“Croat”). Doublet of croata.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈva.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈva.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈva.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐˈva.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -atɐ
• Hyphenation: gra‧va‧ta

Noun

gravata f (plural gravatas)

1. tie; necktie (strip of cloth tied around the neck)
2. choke; chokehold; stranglehold (hold around the opponent’s neck)

   Synonym: mata-leão

Alternative forms

• cravata (obsolete)

Derived terms

• engravatar
• gravata borboleta
• gravata colorada
• gravata de laço
• gravatão (augmentative)
• gravatão
• gravataria
• gravatear
• gravateiro
• gravatinha (diminutive)
• gravatinha
• gravatona (augmentative)

 

See also

• gravato
• laço