traves
Portuguese, noun
traves is spelled T-R-A-V-E-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,837th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Traves is a Portuguese noun meaning “plural of trave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “oblíquo, soslaio”.
What does traves mean in English?
noun
- 1
plural of trave
verb
- 1
second-person singular present subjunctive of travar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. oblíquo, soslaio 2. travessa, madeira que numa obra está posta transversalmente às outras 3. lado 4. direção ou sentido perpendicular em referência ao principal
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.
How common is traves in Portuguese?
traves appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).