gravidade

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gravitās, gravitātem (“weight”).

Noun

gravidade f (uncountable)

  1. gravity (result of gravitational force)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gravitātem (“weight”), from gravis (“heavy”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡɾa.viˈda.d͡ʒi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡɾa.viˈda.de/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡɾɐ.viˈda.dɨ/ [ɡɾɐ.viˈða.ðɨ]

  • Hyphenation: gra‧vi‧da‧de

Noun

gravidade f (plural gravidades)

  1. gravitation
    Synonym: gravitação
  2. gravity (force on Earth's surface)
  3. gravity; graveness
    Synonym: seriedade
  4. composure
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:compostura
    Antonyms: descontrole, descompostura
  5. the quality of having low pitch or tone
    Antonyms: agudez, agudeza

Derived terms
  • gravidade zero
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