grabe

See also: Grabe, grabé, grabë, and grabę

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish grave.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾabe/ [ˈɡɾa.be]
• Hyphenation: gra‧be

Adjective

grábe (Basahan spelling ᜄ᜔ᜍᜊᜒ)

1. appalling; horrible
2. excessive; too much

   Synonyms: sobra, ngana

3. grave; serious

   Synonyms: seryo, seryoso, delikado

Derived terms

• maggrabe
• pagrabe

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

grabe

1. inflection of graben:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Gullah

Etymology

From English grave.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹɛib/

Noun

grabe

1. grave

References

• De Nyew Testament‎^[1], Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc., 2025
• Virginia Mixson Geraty, Gulluh fuh oonuh: Gullah for You (1997)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡrabe]

Noun

grabe f

1. inflection of grabă:
   1. indefinite plural
   2. indefinite genitive/dative singular

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾabe/ [ˈɡɾa.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -abe
• Syllabification: gra‧be
• Homophone: grave

Verb

grabe

1. inflection of grabar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us

Proto-Italic *gʷraus

Latin gravis

Old Spanish grave

Spanish gravebor.

Tagalog grabe

Borrowed from Spanish grave, from Old Spanish grave, from Latin gravis, from Proto-Italic *gʷraus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us, from *gʷreh₂- + *-us. See also bruto, gulo, and guro.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾabe/ [ˈɡɾaː.bɛ]
• Rhymes: -abe
• Syllabification: gra‧be

Adjective

grabe (Baybayin spelling ᜄ᜔ᜇᜊᜒ)

1. grave; serious

   Synonyms: matindi, malubha

   Grabe ang kanyang kondisyon, at kailangan niyang magpahinga.

   His condition is grave, and he needs to rest.

2. (colloquial) outrageous; intense

   Synonyms: matindi, (Quezon) yano

   Grabe 'yong nangyaring lindol sa Hapon!

   The earthquake that happened in Japan was outrageous!

   Grabe na talaga ang krimen dito sa Maynila!

   The crimes here in Manila are really getting out of control!

Derived terms

• grumabe

Descendants

• → Tausug: garabi

Interjection

grabe (Baybayin spelling ᜄ᜔ᜇᜊᜒ)

1. expression of astonishment at the gravity or outrageousness of the situation: whoa! wow!

   Grabe! Nanalo ka ulit sa lotto?

   Wow! You won again in the lottery?

   Grabe! Wala ka talagang kuwenta!

   Wow! You're definitely worthless!

Yogad

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish grave.

Adjective

grabe

1. grave; serious