através

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Etymology

From a (“at, to”) + Latin trānsversus (“from side to side”).

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: a‧tra‧vés

Adverb

através (not comparable)

  1. through, across (from one side to the other)
    Vi-a através da vidraça.
    I saw her through the glass.
    • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Mudança [A New Home]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives]‎, Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 9:
      A folhagem dos joazeiros appareceu longe, atravez dos galhos pelados da catinga rala.
      The juazeiros’ foliage was visible in the distance, through the caatinga brush’s bare branches.
  2. (proscribed) through, by means of
    Synonym: por meio de
    Conseguimos através da força.
    We did it through force.

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