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Spanish
Etymology
From travesía (“bend, turn”), from Latin trānsversus (“obliquous, crosswise, traverse”).
Pronunciation
Noun
travesía f (plural travesías)
- traverse, crossing
- trip, journey
1905, Leopoldo Lugones, Un lazo:Día a día la montonera les arrebataba algunos, escaramuceando hasta en las calles; y como según los exploradores la travesía de regreso implicaría una desolación sin fin, toda perspectiva de un viaje á pie inquietaba.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- passage; side street (short street transversally connecting two streets of greater importance)
- distance (between two points)
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