travar
Meaning
- (transitive) to join, to glue (pieces of wood)
- (transitive) to brake (to stop a vehicle)
- (transitive) to lock (to secure an object)
- (transitive) to restrain (an animal)
- (transitive) to block, to obstruct, to hinder
- (transitive) to constrict, to make narrower
- (transitive) to fight (a battle, a war)
- (intransitive, transitive) to grab; to take
- (intransitive) to draw
- (transitive) to form, to strike up (a relationship)
- to arrest
- (intransitive) to freeze, to stop, become motionless or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.)
- (intransitive) (of machines and software) To freeze or come to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/tɾaˈva(ʁ)/
Etymology
In summary
From Old Galician-Portuguese travar. Compare Galician trabar.
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