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travar

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Catalan

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Etymology

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    From trava +‎ -ar.

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    travar (first-person singular present travo, first-person singular preterite traví, past participle travat)

    1. (transitive) to bind together, to join
    2. (transitive) to fetter, shackle, hobble
    3. (figurative, transitive) to hinder, hobble

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    Portuguese

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese travar. Compare Galician trabar.

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      • Hyphenation: tra‧var

      Verb

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      travar (first-person singular present travo, first-person singular preterite travei, past participle travado)

      1. (transitive) to join, to glue (pieces of wood)
      2. (transitive) to brake (to stop a vehicle)
      3. (transitive) to lock (to secure an object)
        Eles se esqueceram de travar a porta.
        They forgot to lock the door.
      4. (transitive) to restrain (an animal)
      5. (transitive) to block, to obstruct, to hinder
      6. (transitive) to constrict, to make narrower
      7. (transitive) to fight (a battle, a war)
        Usando palavras, pode-se travar uma boa luta.
        Using words, one can fight precisely.
      8. (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.
      9. (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.
      10. (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.
      11. to arrest
        Synonym: prender
      12. (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.
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      13. (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…
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      Serbo-Croatian

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      Etymology

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      From tráva.

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

      Noun

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      tràvār m anim (Cyrillic spelling тра̀ва̄р)

      1. herbalist
      2. herb seller or gatherer

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      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

      Further reading

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      • travar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

      Swedish

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      Noun

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      travar

      1. indefinite plural of trave

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      travar

      1. present indicative of trava
      travar
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