gran

Meaning

Adj

Apocopic form of grande (“great”)

Noun

1. (masculine,uncountable) grain, the seed of grass food crops
2. (countable,masculine) grain, seed, kernel, bean, a single seed of certain crops
3. (countable,masculine) grain, a single similar particle of various substances
4. (countable,historical,masculine) grano, Spanish grain, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 50 mg
5. (countable,masculine) grain, any of various traditional units of mass notionally based on the weight of various grains
6. (countable,figuratively,masculine) speck, ounce, any extremely small quantity or amount
7. (countable,masculine) pimple, blackhead, a blocked skin pore, especially with a painful and pus-filled inflamation
8. (masculine,uncountable) grain, the linear surface texture of various substances

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese gran, from Latin grandis.

Sentences

Ten unha igrexa de gran tamaño .

It has an oversized church.

A gran maioría das tumbas teñen o patio destruído polo paso do tempo .

The vast majority of tombs have the courtyard destroyed by the passage of time.

Pódolle asegurar que ten un gran mérito.

I can assure you that it has great merit.

A partir de aquí houbo unha gran represión sobre os grupos opositores.

From here there was a great crackdown on the opposing groups.

A gran manda de caribús é agora un destino popular da caza .

The large herd of caribou is now a popular hunting destination.

Foi esta a última gran batalla no Mediterráneo .

This was the last major battle in the Mediterranean.

Tamén hai cultivos a gran escala de cultivos comerciais tales como o cravo .

There are also large-scale cultivars of commercial crops such as cloves.

Está soterrado no cemiterio Flores do Gran Buenos Aires.

He is buried in the Flores de Gran Buenos Aires cemetery.