- agravar
- v.1 to aggravate.Su soberbia enconó la ira de María His pride exacerbated Ann's wrath.2 to make more sick, to make more ill, to make sicker.* * *agravar► verbo transitivo1 to aggravate, worsen► verbo pronominal agravarse1 to get worse, worsen* * *1. VT1) (=hacer más grave) [+ pena] to increase; [+ dolor] to make worse; [+ situación] to aggravate; (fig) (=oprimir) to oppress, burden (con with)2) (=hacer más pesado) to weigh down, make heavier2.VISee:* * *1.verbo transitivo to make ... worse, aggravate2.agravarse v pron problema/situación to become worse, worsen; enfermo to deteriorate, get worse* * *= aggravate, exacerbate.Ex. This situation has been severely aggravated by the sudden withdrawal of nearly a decade of federal largesse toward education and education-related activities.Ex. They exist in manual systems, and as we have already pointed out, they are only exacerbated by automated systems.----* agravarse = see + at their worst, flare up.* agravar una crisis = exacerbate + crisis.* agravar una situación = exacerbate + situation, aggravate + situation.* agravar un conflicto = exacerbate + conflict.* agravar un problema = compound + problem.* dificultades + agravarse = difficulties + exacerbate.* problema + agravar = problem + exacerbate.* situación + agravar = situation + exacerbate.* * *1.verbo transitivo to make ... worse, aggravate2.agravarse v pron problema/situación to become worse, worsen; enfermo to deteriorate, get worse* * *= aggravate, exacerbate.
Ex: This situation has been severely aggravated by the sudden withdrawal of nearly a decade of federal largesse toward education and education-related activities.
Ex: They exist in manual systems, and as we have already pointed out, they are only exacerbated by automated systems.* agravarse = see + at their worst, flare up.* agravar una crisis = exacerbate + crisis.* agravar una situación = exacerbate + situation, aggravate + situation.* agravar un conflicto = exacerbate + conflict.* agravar un problema = compound + problem.* dificultades + agravarse = difficulties + exacerbate.* problema + agravar = problem + exacerbate.* situación + agravar = situation + exacerbate.* * *agravar [A1 ]vtto make … worse, aggravate■ agravarsev pron«problema/situación» to become worse, worsen; «enfermo» to deteriorate, get worse* * *
agravar (conjugate agravar) verbo transitivo
to make … worse, aggravate
agravarse verbo pronominal [problema/situación] to become worse, worsen;
[enfermo] to deteriorate, get worse
agravar verbo transitivo to aggravate
'agravar' also found in these entries:
English:
aggravate
- compound
- exacerbate
* * *agravar♦ vt[situación, enfermedad] to aggravate♦ See also the pronominal verb agravarse* * *agravarv/t make worse, aggravate* * *agravar vt1) : to increase (weight), to make heavier2) empeorar: to aggravate, to worsen♦ See also the reflexive verb agravarse* * *agravar vb to make worse
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.