travessia

Catalan

Etymology

From través +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /tɾə.vəˈsi.ə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /tɾə.bəˈsi.ə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /tɾa.veˈsi.a/

Noun

travessia f (plural travessies)

1. crossing (voyage across a place)
2. shortcut

Further reading

• “travessia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “travessia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “travessia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “travessia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From través (“through”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾa.veˈsi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾa.veˈsi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾa.veˈsi.a/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.vɨˈsi.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.vɨˈsi.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.bɨˈsi.ɐ/ [tɾɐ.βɨˈsi.ɐ]

Noun

travessia f (plural travessias)

1. crossing (voyage across a place)

   Synonym: atravessamento

Related terms

• através
• atravessar
• travessar