travar
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]travar (first-person singular present travo, first-person singular preterite traví, past participle travat)
- (transitive) to bind together, to join
- (transitive) to fetter, shackle, hobble
- (figurative, transitive) to hinder, hobble
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of travar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | travar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | travant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | travat | travada | |||||
| plural | travats | travades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | travo | traves | trava | travem | traveu | traven | |
| imperfect | travava | travaves | travava | travàvem | travàveu | travaven | |
| future | travaré | travaràs | travarà | travarem | travareu | travaran | |
| preterite | traví | travares | travà | travàrem | travàreu | travaren | |
| conditional | travaria | travaries | travaria | travaríem | travaríeu | travarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | travi | travis | travi | travem | traveu | travin | |
| imperfect | través | travessis | través | travéssim | travéssiu | travessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | trava | travi | travem | traveu | travin | |
| negative (no) | — | no travis | no travi | no travem | no traveu | no travin | |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “travar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese travar. Compare Galician trabar.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: tra‧var
Verb
[edit]travar (first-person singular present travo, first-person singular preterite travei, past participle travado)
- (transitive) to join, to glue (pieces of wood)
- (transitive) to brake (to stop a vehicle)
- (transitive) to lock (to secure an object)
- Eles se esqueceram de travar a porta.
- They forgot to lock the door.
- (transitive) to restrain (an animal)
- (transitive) to block, to obstruct, to hinder
- (transitive) to constrict, to make narrower
- (transitive) to fight (a battle, a war)
- Usando palavras, pode-se travar uma boa luta.
- Using words, one can fight precisely.
- (transitive or intransitive) to grab; to take [transitive or with de]
- Rindo, caminhou para ela e travou-lhe a mão.
- Laughing, [he] walked towards her and grabbed her hand.
- (intransitive) to draw [with de ‘a weapon or an instrument’]
- Travou do punhal em um piscar de olhos.
- [He] drew the dagger in the blink of an eye.
- (transitive) to form, to strike up (a relationship) [with com ‘with someone’]
- Tenho prazer em travar conhecimento com todos.
- I take pleasure in getting to know each and every one.
- to arrest
- Synonym: prender
- (intransitive) to freeze, to stop, become motionless or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.)
- 2024 November 4, “Dicas para não deixar a timidez atrapalhar a sua vida”, in Revista Capricho[1], Brazil, archived from the original on 1 September 2025:
- Dizendo-se ultratímida, Sara Martins, 16 anos, disse que apresentar trabalho na escola é um pesadelo. “Fico vermelha e morrendo de medo de falar besteira. Chego a travar, de tanta vergonha, ou pior, começo a rir!”, diz Sara.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (intransitive) (of machines and software) To freeze or come to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).
- 2020 July 2, Lucas Almeida, “Principais motivos para um computador travar (e como resolvê-los)”, in UOL Host[2], Brazil, archived from the original on 1 September 2025:
- Não é raro estarmos no meio de uma tarefa importante no computador e, de repente, a máquina travar e perdermos tudo o que havia sido feito. Isso atrasa toda a rotina de trabalho, a produtividade vai por água abaixo e vem aquele desespero. Você, então, só consegue bater com raiva no teclado, como se isso fosse adiantar algo, né…
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of travar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “travar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “travar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tráva.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tràvār m anim (Cyrillic spelling тра̀ва̄р)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tràvār | travari |
| genitive | travára | travara |
| dative | travaru | travarima |
| accusative | travara | travare |
| vocative | travaru | travari |
| locative | travaru | travarima |
| instrumental | travarom | travarima |
Further reading
[edit]- “travar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]travar
Verb
[edit]travar
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