travessura
Portuguese, noun/tɾa.veˈsu.ɾɐ/
travessura is spelled T-R-A-V-E-S-S-U-R-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 63,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Travessura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “mischievous play or prank” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de fazer mal-criação ou desordem só para bagunçar algo ou por estar aborrecido”.
What does travessura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemischievous play or prank
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 fazer mal-criação ou desordem só para bagunçar algo ou por estar aborrecido
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 travessura
- travessuras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce travessura?
- Brazil /tɾa.veˈsu.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /tɾɐ.vɨˈsu.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /tɾɐ.bɨˈsu.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to travessura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is travessura in Portuguese?
travessura appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).