gravata

Galician

gravata (necktie)

Pronunciation

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Noun

gravata f (plural gravatas)

1. tie, necktie, cravat

Italian

Participle

gravata f sg

1. feminine singular of gravato

Anagrams

• targava

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)

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/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐˈva.tɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐˈba.tɐ/ [ɡɾɐˈβa.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