travestir
Spanish, verb/tɾabesˈtiɾ/
travestir is spelled T-R-A-V-E-S-T-I-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written Spanish, the 301,588th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Travestir is a Spanish verb meaning “to dress up in drag (as members of the opposite sex)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Vestir a alguien con ropa del género opuesto”.
What does travestir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dress up in drag (as members of the opposite sex)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Vestir a alguien con ropa del género opuesto.
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 travestir
- travisto first-person present singular
- travestí first-person preterite singular
- travestido participle past
- e-i alternation
- travistiendo gerund
- travestida feminine participle past
- travestidos masculine participle past
- travestidas feminine participle past
- travistes indicative informal present
- travestís indicative informal present
- traviste indicative present singular
- travestimos first-person indicative plural
- travisten indicative plural present
- travestía first-person imperfect indicative
- travestías imperfect indicative second-person
- travestíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- travestíais imperfect indicative plural
- travestían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce travestir?
- /tɾabesˈtiɾ/
- [t̪ɾa.β̞esˈt̪iɾ]
- [t̪ɾaβ̞esˈt̪iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is travestir in Spanish?
travestir appears about once in every 76 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).