agraviar

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us

Proto-Italic *gʷraus

Latin gravis

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin gravō

Latin aggravāre

Vulgar Latin *aggraviāre

Spanish agraviar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *aggraviāre, from Latin aggravāre. Compare English aggrieve and aggravate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡɾaˈbjaɾ/ [a.ɣ̞ɾaˈβ̞jaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧gra‧viar

Verb

agraviar (first-person singular present agravio, first-person singular preterite agravié, past participle agraviado)

1. to insult
2. to offend, outrage, hurt, wrong

Conjugation

    Conjugation of agraviar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			agraviar
gerund			agraviando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		agraviado		agraviada
		plural		agraviados		agraviadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	agravio	agraviastú agraviásvos	agravia	agraviamos	agraviáis	agravian
	imperfect	agraviaba	agraviabas	agraviaba	agraviábamos	agraviabais	agraviaban
	preterite	agravié	agraviaste	agravió	agraviamos	agraviasteis	agraviaron
	future	agraviaré	agraviarás	agraviará	agraviaremos	agraviaréis	agraviarán
	conditional	agraviaría	agraviarías	agraviaría	agraviaríamos	agraviaríais	agraviarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	agravie	agraviestú agraviésvos2	agravie	agraviemos	agraviéis	agravien
	imperfect (ra)	agraviara	agraviaras	agraviara	agraviáramos	agraviarais	agraviaran
	imperfect (se)	agraviase	agraviases	agraviase	agraviásemos	agraviaseis	agraviasen
	future1	agraviare	agraviares	agraviare	agraviáremos	agraviareis	agraviaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		agraviatú agraviávos	agravie	agraviemos	agraviad	agravien
	negative		no agravies	no agravie	no agraviemos	no agraviéis	no agravien

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of agraviar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive agraviar	dative	agraviarme	agraviarte	agraviarle, agraviarse	agraviarnos	agraviaros	agraviarles, agraviarse
	accusative	agraviarme	agraviarte	agraviarlo, agraviarla, agraviarse	agraviarnos	agraviaros	agraviarlos, agraviarlas, agraviarse
with gerund agraviando	dative	agraviándome	agraviándote	agraviándole, agraviándose	agraviándonos	agraviándoos	agraviándoles, agraviándose
	accusative	agraviándome	agraviándote	agraviándolo, agraviándola, agraviándose	agraviándonos	agraviándoos	agraviándolos, agraviándolas, agraviándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative agravia	dative	agráviame	agráviate	agráviale	agrávianos	not used	agráviales
	accusative	agráviame	agráviate	agrávialo, agráviala	agrávianos	not used	agrávialos, agrávialas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative agraviá	dative	agraviame	agraviate	agraviale	agravianos	not used	agraviales
	accusative	agraviame	agraviate	agravialo, agraviala	agravianos	not used	agravialos, agravialas
with formal second-person singular imperative agravie	dative	agrávieme	not used	agráviele, agráviese	agrávienos	not used	agrávieles
	accusative	agrávieme	not used	agrávielo, agráviela, agráviese	agrávienos	not used	agrávielos, agrávielas
with first-person plural imperative agraviemos	dative	not used	agraviémoste	agraviémosle	agraviémonos	agraviémoos	agraviémosles
	accusative	not used	agraviémoste	agraviémoslo, agraviémosla	agraviémonos	agraviémoos	agraviémoslos, agraviémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative agraviad	dative	agraviadme	not used	agraviadle	agraviadnos	agraviaos	agraviadles
	accusative	agraviadme	not used	agraviadlo, agraviadla	agraviadnos	agraviaos	agraviadlos, agraviadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative agravien	dative	agrávienme	not used	agrávienle	agráviennos	not used	agrávienles, agráviense
	accusative	agrávienme	not used	agrávienlo, agrávienla	agráviennos	not used	agrávienlos, agrávienlas, agráviense

Derived terms

• agraviador
• agravio
• desagraviar

See also

• insultar
• injuriar

Further reading

• “agraviar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025