trave

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) beam
2. (feminine) trave (joist)
3. (feminine) goalpost
4. (feminine) crossbar

Verb

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

travar

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).

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Concepts

beam

girder

rafter

crosspiece

etc.

goalpost

goal post

post

span

transom

arbor

beam girder

balk

baulk

Synonyms

barrote

biga

viga

caibro

Translations

viga

Balken

trave

balk

ribbe

trabe

traviesa

onderlegger

mertek

poutre

biga

poutrelle

trabs

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɾa.vi/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: trabs

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese trave, from Latin trabem (“beam”).