travar

Catalan

Etymology

From trava +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tɾəˈβa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [tɾəˈva]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tɾaˈvaɾ]

Verb

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

Conjugation

    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

• travacavalls
• travador
• travallengua
• travat

Further reading

• “travar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese travar. Compare Galician trabar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾaˈva(ʁ)/ [tɾaˈva(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾaˈva(ʁ)/ [tɾaˈva(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /tɾaˈva(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tɾaˈva(ʁ)/ [tɾaˈva(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾaˈva(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐˈvaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐˈvaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐˈbaɾ/ [tɾɐˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐˈva.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: tra‧var

Verb

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of travar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	travar
Personal	travar	travares	travar	travarmos	travardes	travarem
Gerund
	travando
Past participle
Masculine	travado			travados
Feminine	travada			travadas
Indicative
Present	travo	travas	trava	travamos	travais	travam
Imperfect	travava	travavas	travava	travávamos	traváveis	travavam
Preterite	travei	travaste	travou	travamos1, travámos2	travastes	travaram
Pluperfect	travara	travaras	travara	traváramos	traváreis	travaram
Future	travarei	travarás	travará	travaremos	travareis	travarão
Conditional	travaria	travarias	travaria	travaríamos	travaríeis	travariam
Subjunctive
Present	trave	traves	trave	travemos	traveis	travem
Imperfect	travasse	travasses	travasse	travássemos	travásseis	travassem
Future	travar	travares	travar	travarmos	travardes	travarem
Imperative
Affirmative		trava	trave	travemos	travai	travem
Negative (não)		não traves	não trave	não travemos	não traveis	não travem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

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

 

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 [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swedish

Noun

travar

1. indefinite plural of trave

Verb

travar

1. present indicative of trava