travesti
Spanish, noun
travesti is spelled T-R-A-V-E-S-T-I (8 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 25,551st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Travesti is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “transvestite, cross-dresser” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, travestí is a different word: “transvestite”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que practica travestismo”.
What does travesti mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinetransvestite, cross-dresser
noun
- 1
femininetrans woman
noun
- 1
femininemasculinetransvestite
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative
- 2
second-person singular voseo imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona que practica travestismo.
noun: 1. Persona que practica travestismo.
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 travesti
- travestis plural
- travestíes plural
- travestís plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to travesti
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is travesti in Spanish?
travesti appears 1.7 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).