travesaño
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Proto-Italic *trānsworssos
Latin trānsversus
Late Latin trānsversāre
Spanish travesaño
Deverbal from travesar + -año.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /tɾabeˈsaɲo/ [t̪ɾa.β̞eˈsa.ɲo]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɲo
- Syllabification: tra‧ve‧sa‧ño
Noun
[edit]travesaño m (plural travesaños)
- (architecture) crossbeam
- bolster (long pillow)
- (sports) crossbar
- (derogatory, slang, Argentina) a transvestite or trans woman
- 2008 August, “Salud, VIH-sida y sexualidad trans. Atención de la salud de personas travestis y transexuales. Estudio de seroprevalencia de VIH en personas trans”, in Ministry of Health[1], archived from the original on 6 December 2023:
- El 81,12% de las encuestadas refirió haber sufrido situaciones violentas por parte de la policía. Entre los principales abusos policiales sufridos se indican las detenciones ilegales, el hostigamiento verbal en el ámbito público (insultos tales como “travuco”, “travesaño”, “trava”, o bien, el uso de un nombre masculino, entre algunos de los calificativos despectivos más usuales o amenazas, especialmente vinculadas al ejercicio del trabajo sexual).
- 81.12% of those surveyed mentioned having been subjected to violent encounters with the police. Some of the main police abuses suffered were unlawful detention, verbal abuse in public (insults such as "transvestite," "trap," "tranny," or even the use of a masculine name, among some of the more typical epithets or threats, especially those linked to sex work).
- 2009 December 26, Lohana Berkins, “La Navidad de las travas”, in Página 12[2], retrieved 20 December 2023:
- Aunque sea por ese instante el mundo enmudecerá y no habrá insultos de trava, travesaño, trabuco, hombre vestido de mujer, mascarita sidótica, simulacro, colita, parecida, transfor..
- Even if only for that instant, the world will fall silent and there will be no insults of tranny, transvestite, trap, man dressed as a woman, AIDS hider, pretender, masquerader..
Further reading
[edit]- “travesaño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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