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
  12. (intransitive) to freeze, to stop, become motionless or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.)
  13. (intransitive) (of machines and software) To freeze or come to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tɾaˈva(ʁ)/
Etymology

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese travar. Compare Galician trabar.

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