# travão vs travar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### travão
*noun · IPA /tɾa.'boŋ/ · frequency rank #47,127*
alavanca que detém o movimento de uma máquina

### travar
*verb · IPA /tɾɐ.ˈvaɾ/ · frequency rank #10,978*
fazer parar com o travão, frear

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/travao-vs-travar