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Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin trānsversāre from Classical Latin trānsversus.
Pronunciation
- (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
- (transitive) to pass through
- (transitive) to cross
- (transitive) to put forth
- (figurative) to support; to suffer
- (figurative) to torment
- (figurative) to monopolize
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get across
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to intrude
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to interfere to hinder; oppose; prevent
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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