travar

Meaning

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)
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)
8. (intransitive,transitive) to grab; to take
9. (intransitive) to draw
10. (transitive) to form, to strike up (a relationship)
11. to arrest

Hyphenated as

tra‧var

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɾaˈva(ʁ)/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese travar. Compare Galician trabar.