entrave
Portuguese, noun/ẽˈtɾa.vi/
entrave is spelled E-N-T-R-A-V-E (7 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 33,314th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entrave is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “obstacle, hindrance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of entravar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “travão, peia”.
What does entrave mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineobstacle, hindrance
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. travão, peia 2. empecilho 3. obstáculo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of entrave
- entraves plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entrave?
- Brazil /ẽˈtɾa.vi/
- Brazil /ĩˈtɾa.vi/
- Portugal /ẽˈtɾa.vɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to entrave
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entrave in Portuguese?
entrave appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).