travessão
Portuguese, noun/tɾa.veˈsɐ̃w̃/
travessão is spelled T-R-A-V-E-S-S-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,491st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Travessão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “em dash (name of the symbol –)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sinal que usualmente indica a mudança de interlocutores num diálogo, constituído de traço horizontal maior…”.
What does travessão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineem dash (name of the symbol –)
- 2
masculinecrossbar (the top of the goal structure)
- 3
masculinethe beam of a balance scale
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sinal que usualmente indica a mudança de interlocutores num diálogo, constituído de traço horizontal maior que o hífen 2. sinal que, quando colocado sob letras ou palavras, confere destaque ao texto 3. em modalidades desportivas como o futebol, futsal, voleibol e handebol, a parte superior do gol 4. haste horizontal que, numa balança, segura os pratos
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 travessão
- travessões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce travessão?
- Brazil /tɾa.veˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [tɾa.veˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /tɾɐ.vɨˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to travessão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is travessão in Portuguese?
travessão appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).