Meaning
to burden, to load
- to rest, to weigh
In a sentence
Le spese extra gravano troppo sul mio stipendio.
The extra expenses weigh too much on my salary.
Questo zaino grava ancora sulle tue spalle?
Is this backpack still weighing on your shoulders?
Non voglio gravare sui miei genitori.
I don't want to burden my parents.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| gravare | infinitive |
| graviamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| gravo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| gravate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| gravi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| gravano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| grava | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| gravavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| gravavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| gravavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| gravavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| gravavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| gravava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| gravammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| gravai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| gravaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| gravasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| gravarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| gravò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| graveremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| graverò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| graverete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| graverai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| graveranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| graverà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| graviamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| gravi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| graviate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| gravi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| gravino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| gravi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| gravassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| gravassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| gravaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| gravassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| gravassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| gravasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| graveremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| graverei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| gravereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| graveresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| graverebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| graverebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| graviamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| gravate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| grava | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| gravando | gerund |
| gravato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often used in formal or written Italian, especially with costs, taxes, duties, or responsibility. In everyday speech, pesare or essere a carico di is often more natural.
- Common pattern: gravare su qualcuno/qualcosa. Learners often omit su: Le spese gravano sul bilancio.
- With avere in compound tenses: ha gravato sul bilancio. It is transitive in legal/administrative uses and intransitive with su in many common patterns.