travão
See also: travaõ
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From trava (“something which restrains or blocks”) + -ão.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾaˈvɐ̃w̃/ [tɾaˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾɐˈvɐ̃w̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾɐˈbɐ̃w̃/ [tɾɐˈβɐ̃w̃]
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: tra‧vão
Noun
travão m (plural travões)
- brake (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
- Synonym: freio
- Antonym: acelerador
Etymology 2
Verb
travão
- obsolete form of travam
Further reading
- “travão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “travão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026