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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧gra‧van‧te
Adjective
agravante m or f (plural agravantes)
- aggravating
Derived terms
Noun
agravante m (plural agravantes)
- (law) aggravation (extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity)
- Antonym: atenuante
- assassinato com agravantes ― aggravated murder
- extra negative circumstance; something that makes matters worse
Spanish
Etymology
From agravar + -ante. The feminine gender variant of the noun comes from a clipping of circunstancia agravante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɡɾaˈbante/
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: a‧gra‧van‧te
Adjective
agravante m or f (masculine and feminine plural agravantes)
- aggravating
Derived terms
Noun
agravante m or f same meaning (plural agravantes)
- (law) aggravation (extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity)
- asesinato con agravantes ― aggravated murder
- extra negative circumstance; something that makes matters worse
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