gripa

Noun

gripa

1. indefinite genitive plural of gripur

Alternative forms

• gripe

Etymology

From Old Norse grípa (“to grab”), from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grasp, grab”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡriːpa/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

gripa (present tense grip, past tense greip, past participle gripe, passive infinitive gripast, present participle gripande, imperative grip)

1. to grab, grasp, grip
2. to seize (grab, capture)
3. to seize (take advantage of an opportunity).

References

• “gripa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Norse grípa, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną.

Verb

grīpa

1. to grab, to grasp
2. to surprise
3. to acquire, to take
4. to understand

Verb

gripa

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of gripar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of gripar

Alternative forms

• (Serbian): grȉp

Etymology 1

From French grippe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrîpa/
• Hyphenation: gri‧pa

Noun

grȉpa f (Cyrillic spelling гри̏па)

1. (Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro) flu, influenza

References

• “gripa” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology 2

From Italian grippa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrîpa/
• Hyphenation: gri‧pa

Noun

grȉpa f (Cyrillic spelling гри̏па)

1. (regional, fishing) fishing net

References

• “gripa” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrìːpa/
• Tonal orthography: grípa

Noun

grípa f (genitive grípe, uncountable)

1. flu, influenza

Alternative forms

• gripe

Etymology

Variant of gripe, from French grippe, from gripper (“to seize”), of Germanic origin.

Noun

gripa f (plural gripas)

1. (Colombia, Mexico) The flu, influenza.

See also

• catarro m
• resfriado m
• resfrío m

Etymology

From Old Swedish grīpa, from Old Norse grípa (“to grab”), from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grasp, grab”). Cognate with Norwegian gripe, Danish gribe, Icelandic grípa, English gripe, Dutch grijpen, German greifen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

gripa (present griper, preterite grep, supine gripit, imperative grip)

1. to catch hold of
2. to seize
3. to detain, to arrest; to take into legal custody
4. to touch deeply, to catch one's sympathies