travessa

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tɾəˈβe.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [tɾəˈve.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tɾaˈve.sa]

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Related to través, from Latin trānsversus. Compare Spanish traviesa, Portuguese travessa.

travessa f (plural travesses)

1. (rail transport) railway sleeper, railway tie

travessa

1. inflection of travessar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “travessa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “travessa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “travessa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “travessa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• Rhymes: -ɛsɐ

Feminine of travesso, from Latin trānsversus (“turned across, lying across”).

travessa f (plural travessas)

1. a transversal street
2. a plate or bowl for placing food on a table
3. (construction) crossbeam (horizontal structural beam)

   Synonyms: trave, viga

4. a small comb for holding a hairdo
5. (rail transport) railway sleeper, railway tie (Portugal)

   Synonyms: dormente, chulipa

• atravessar
• travessão
• travesso

travessa

1. feminine singular of travesso

travessa

1. inflection of travessar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative