gravera

See also: graverà

Catalan

Etymology

grava +‎ -era.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ɡɾəˈβe.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ɡɾəˈve.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡɾaˈve.ɾa]

Noun

gravera f (plural graveres)

1. gravel pit

Further reading

• “gravera”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

French

Verb

gravera

1. third-person singular future of graver

Anagrams

• ravager

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

gravera (present tense graverer, past tense graverte, past participle gravert, passive infinitive graverast, present participle graverande, imperative graver)

1. alternative form of gravere

Swedish

Etymology 1

From French graver, from Proto-Germanic *grabaną. Doublet of gräva. Cognate of Danish gravere, German gravieren.

Verb

gravera (present graverar, preterite graverade, supine graverat, imperative gravera)

1. to engrave

Conjugation

Conjugation of gravera (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	gravera		graveras
Supine	graverat		graverats
Imperative	gravera		—
Imper. plural1	graveren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	graverar	graverade	graveras	graverades
Ind. plural1	gravera	graverade	graveras	graverades
Subjunctive2	gravere	graverade	graveres	graverades
	Participles
Present participle	graverande
Past participle	graverad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Etymology 2

From Latin gravō, from Latin gravis (“heavy”). Doublet of gravid. Cognate of English grave (“serious”), German gravierend.

Verb

gravera (present graverar, preterite graverade, supine graverat, imperative gravera)

1. to encumber

Conjugation

Conjugation of gravera (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	gravera		graveras
Supine	graverat		graverats
Imperative	gravera		—
Imper. plural1	graveren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	graverar	graverade	graveras	graverades
Ind. plural1	gravera	graverade	graveras	graverades
Subjunctive2	gravere	graverade	graveres	graverades
	Participles
Present participle	graverande
Past participle	graverad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• gravera in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gravera in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gravera in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• gravera in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• gravare