através

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• atravez (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

From a (“at, to”) + Latin trānsversus (“from side to side”). Compare Spanish a través de, Italian attraverso and French à travers.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.tɾaˈvɛ(j)s/ [a.tɾaˈvɛ(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.tɾaˈvɛ(j)s/ [a.tɾaˈvɛ(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.tɾaˈvɛ(j)ʃ/ [a.tɾaˈvɛ(ɪ̯)ʃ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tɾɐˈvɛʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tɾɐˈvɛʃ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tɾɐˈbɛʃ/ [ɐ.tɾɐˈβɛʃ]

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -ɛs
• Hyphenation: a‧tra‧vés

Adverb

através (not comparable)

1. through, across (from one side to the other)

   Vi-a através da vidraça.

   I saw her through the glass.

   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Mudança [A New Home]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives]‎^[1], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 9:

     A folhagem dos joazeiros appareceu longe, atravez dos galhos pelados da catinga rala.

     The juazeiros’ foliage was visible in the distance, through the caatinga brush’s bare branches.

2. (proscribed) through, by means of

   Synonym: por meio de

   Conseguimos através da força.

   We did it through force.

Derived terms

• através de

Related terms

• atravessar, atravessado

Further reading

• “através”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “através”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Adverb

através

1. misspelling of a través