travar

Portuguese

Etymology

Trave +‎ -ar. From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese travar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾɐˈvaɾ/
• Hyphenation: tra‧var

Verb

1. to brake (stop a vehicle)
2. to lock (secure an object)

   Eles se esqueceram de travar a porta.

   They forgot to lock the door.

3. to fight (a battle, a war)

   Usando palavras, pode-se travar uma boa luta.

   Using words, one can fight precisely.

4. Template:indtr to draw (a weapon or an instrument); to grab; to take.

   Rindo, caminhou para ela e travou-lhe a mão.

   Laughing, [he] walked towards her and grabbed her hand.

   Travou do punhal em um piscar de olhos.

   [He] drew the dagger in the blink of an eye.

5. to form, to strike up (a relationship or acquaintance)

   Tenho prazer em travar conhecimento com todos.

   I take pleasure in getting to know each and every one.

6. to arrest

Derived terms

• entravar
• trava
• trava-contas
• trava-língua

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From tráva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trǎʋaːr/
• Hyphenation: tra‧var

Noun

tràvār m (Cyrillic spelling тра̀ва̄р)

1. herbalist
2. herb seller or gatherer

Declension

Declension of travar

	singular	plural
nominative	tràvār	travari
genitive	travára	travara
dative	travaru	travarima
accusative	travara	travare
vocative	travaru	travari
locative	travaru	travarima
instrumental	travarom	travarima

References

• “travar” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Swedish

Noun

travar

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of trave

Verb

travar

1. (deprecated template usage) present tense of trava.