gravata

Galician

gravata (necktie)

Pronunciation

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Noun

gravata f (plural gravatas)

1. tie, necktie, cravat

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Italian

Participle

gravata

1. feminine singular of gravato

Anagrams

• targava

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Latin

Participle

gravāta

1. nominative feminine singular of gravātus
2. nominative neuter plural of gravātus
3. accusative neuter plural of gravātus
4. vocative feminine singular of gravātus
5. vocative neuter plural of gravātus

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): /ɡɾa.ˈva.tɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐ.ˈva.tɐ/
• Hyphenation: gra‧va‧ta
• Rhymes: -atɐ

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

• gravatinha (diminutive)
• gravatona, gravatão (augmentatives)

• engravatar
• gravata borboleta
• gravata colorada
• gravata de laço
• gravatão
• gravataria
• gravatear
• gravateiro
• gravatinha

 

See also

• gravato
• laço