English

Adjective

suave ‎(comparative suaver, superlative suavest)

1. Charming, confident and elegant.

Related terms

• suavely

Translations

Noun

suave ‎(plural suaves)

1. Sweet talk.

Translations

References

• Paternoster, Lewis M. and Frager-Stone, Ruth. Three Dimensions of Vocabulary Growth. Second Edition. Amsco School Publications: USA. 1998.

Anagrams

• uveas

French

Etymology

From Middle French suave, a borrowing from Latin suāvis ‎(“sweet”). Displaced Old French soef, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɥav/

Adjective

suave m, f ‎(plural suaves)

1. smooth, suave

References

• “suave” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

suave m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural suavi)

1. variant of soave

Derived terms

• suavità

Latin

Adjective

suāve

1. nominative neuter singular of suāvis
2. accusative neuter singular of suāvis
3. vocative neuter singular of suāvis

Adverb

suāve

1. sweetly, agreeably, pleasantly

Synonyms

• suāviter

References

• suave in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• suave in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin suavis ‎(“sweet”), from Proto-Italic *swādwis ‎(“sweet”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂dus ‎(“sweet”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈswa.vɨ/
• Hyphenation: su‧a‧ve
• Rhymes: -avi

Adjective

suave m, f ‎(plural suaves, comparable)

1. soft, smooth
2. gentle, mild
3. (Brazil, slang) fine, okay

Related terms

• suavidade
• suavizar
• suavizante

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswa.βe/

Etymology

From Latin suāvis ‎(“sweet”).

Adjective

suave m, f ‎(plural suaves)

1. suave, soft, smooth
2. cool, acceptable, easy

Synonyms

• (soft): terso
• (smooth): blando

Antonyms

• (soft): áspero
• (smooth): duro
• (cool): aburrido, fatal, de hueva

Related terms

• suavidad
• suavizar
• suavizante