transverso

Latin

Participle

trānsversō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of trānsversus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trānsversus. Doublet of travesso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃zˈvɛʁ.su/ [tɾɐ̃zˈvɛh.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃zˈvɛʁ.su/ [tɾɐ̃zˈvɛh.su]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃zˈvɛɾ.su/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʒˈvɛʁ.su/ [tɾɐ̃ʒˈvɛχ.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃zˈvɛɻ.so/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʒˈvɛɾ.su/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʒˈvɛɾ.su/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʒˈbɛɾ.su/ [tɾɐ̃ʒˈβɛɾ.su]

• Hyphenation: trans‧ver‧so

Adjective

transverso (feminine transversa, masculine plural transversos, feminine plural transversas)

1. transverse (lying across)
2. (anatomy) (muscle, ligament) that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body or the majo axis of an organ

Noun

transverso m (plural transversos)

1. (zoology) reptilian head bone that joins the posterior part of the jaw to the pterygoid

Further reading

• “transverso”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “transverso”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “transverso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “transverso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “transverso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “transverso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Alternative forms

• trasverso

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trānsversus. Doublet of travieso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾansˈbeɾso/ [t̪ɾãnzˈβ̞eɾ.so]
• Rhymes: -eɾso
• Syllabification: trans‧ver‧so

Adjective

transverso (feminine transversa, masculine plural transversos, feminine plural transversas)

1. transverse

Further reading

• “transverso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28