Portuguese

Verb

travar ‎(first-person singular present indicative travo, past participle travado)

1. to brake (stop a vehicle)
2. to lock (secure an object)

   Eles se esqueceram de travar a porta.‎

   They forgot to lock the door.

3. to fight (a battle, a war)

   Usando palavras, pode-se travar uma boa luta.‎

   Using words, one can fight precisely.

4. (transitive with de) to draw (a weapon or an instrument); to grab; to take.

   Rindo, caminhou para ela e travou-lhe a mão.‎

   Laughing, [he] walked towards her and grabbed her hand.

   Travou do punhal em um piscar de olhos.‎

   [He] drew the dagger in the blink of an eye.

5. to form, to strike up (a relationship or acquaintance)

   Tenho prazer em travar conhecimento com todos.‎

   I took pleasure in getting to know each and every one.

6. to arrest

Conjugation

Derived terms

• entravar
• trava
• trava-contas
• trava-língua

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From tráva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trǎʋaːr/
• Hyphenation: tra‧var

Noun

tràvār m ‎(Cyrillic spelling тра̀ва̄р)

1. herbalist
2. herb seller or gatherer

Declension

References

• “travar” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Noun

travar

1. indefinite plural of trave

Verb

travar

1. present tense of trava.