# travar vs trovão

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### trovão
*noun · IPA /tɾu.ˈvɐ̃w̃/ · frequency rank #14,740*
forte ruído provocado por descarga elétrica na atmosfera; trovoada

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