atravesar
Spanish, verb/atɾabeˈsaɾ/
atravesar is spelled A-T-R-A-V-E-S-A-R (9 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,952nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atravesar is a Spanish verb meaning “to cross, to traverse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner un madero u otra cosa que pase de una parte a otra”.
What does atravesar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cross, to traverse
- 2
to pierce
- 3
to go through, to experience (hard times)
Los cubanos han atravesado mucho en su historia.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner un madero u otra cosa que pase de una parte a otra. 2. Pasar de parte a parte el cuerpo o un miembro de él con espada, bala, etc. 3. Pasar o ir de una parte a otra. 4. En el juego echar traviesas, apostar alguna cosa fuera de lo que se juega.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of atravesar
- atravieso first-person present singular
- atravesé first-person preterite singular
- atravesado participle past
- e-ie alternation
- atravesando gerund
- atravesada feminine participle past
- atravesados masculine participle past
- atravesadas feminine participle past
- atraviesas indicative informal present
- atravesás indicative informal present
- atraviesa indicative present singular
- atravesamos first-person indicative plural
- atravesáis indicative plural present
- atraviesan indicative plural present
- atravesaba first-person imperfect indicative
- atravesabas imperfect indicative second-person
- atravesábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- atravesabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atravesar?
- /atɾabeˈsaɾ/
- [a.t̪ɾa.β̞eˈsaɾ]
- [at̪ɾaβ̞eˈsaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to atravesar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atravesar in Spanish?
atravesar appears 6.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).