trava

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) fetter, hobble, shackle
2. (feminine) catch, block
3. (feminine, figuratively) hindrance, obstacle

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of travar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of travar:

travar

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

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Concepts

fetter

obstacle

obstruction

Synonyms

obstrucció

Translations

Fußfessel

Fußschellen

chaîne

obstacle

barriera

impaccio

impedimento

incaglio

inciampo

intoppo

intralcio

ostacolo

ostruzione

pastoia

Fessel

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈtɾa.βə]

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: trabs

In summary

Inherited from Old Catalan trava, from Latin trabem (“beam, rafter”). The ending may have been changed to /-a/ due to the word's feminine gender, or a new singular trava could have been back-derived from the original plural traves (cf. xinxa < xinxes). Alternately, trava could simply be a deverbal of travar, a verb derived from the same Latin source.