atravessar
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin trānsversāre from Classical Latin trānsversus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.tɾa.veˈsa(ʁ)/ [a.tɾa.veˈsa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.tɾa.veˈsa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.tɾa.veˈsa(ʁ)/ [a.tɾa.veˈsa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /a.tɾa.veˈsa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.tɾɐ.vɨˈsaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.tɾɐ.bɨˈsaɾ/ [ɐ.tɾɐ.βɨˈsaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.tɾɐ.vɨˈsa.ɾi/
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /a.tɾa.vɛ.ˈsa(h)/
Verb
atravessar (first-person singular present atravesso, first-person singular preterite atravessei, past participle atravessado)
- (transitive)
- to put across
- to pass through
- to cross
- put forth
- (figurative)
- to support; to suffer
- to torment
- to monopolize
- (pronominal)
Conjugation
Conjugation of atravessar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Further reading
- “atravessar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “atravessar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026