travessia
Portuguese, noun/tɾa.veˈsi.ɐ/
travessia is spelled T-R-A-V-E-S-S-I-A (9 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,013th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Travessia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “crossing (voyage across a place)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de atravessar”.
What does travessia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecrossing (voyage across a place)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de atravessar 2. passagem através de uma grande extensão de terra ou de mar 3. vento contrário à navegação 4. desvio da linha moral
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 travessia
- travessias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce travessia?
- Brazil /tɾa.veˈsi.ɐ/
- Portugal /tɾɐ.vɨˈsi.ɐ/
- Portugal /tɾɐ.vɨ.ˈsi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is travessia in Portuguese?
travessia appears 5.1 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).