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travail in Dutch

travail in Dutch is barensweeën, beproeving, hard labeur — travail means hard, exhausting effort that involves suffering or hardship.

travail in Dutch

barensweeën
noun
beproeving
noun
hard labeur
noun
smart
noun
werkarbeid
noun
zielskwelling
noun
hard zwoegen
verb
in barensnood verkeren
verb
slaven
verb

What does "travail" mean?

  1. noun Hard, exhausting effort that involves suffering or hardship.
    "And the British mandarin Left, like their contemporaries in the Foreign Office, had little time for the travails of the small countries between Germany and Russia, whom they had always regarded as something of a nuisance."
  2. noun The pain and effort of giving birth.
  3. noun Work, especially of a physical kind.
  4. noun The blocking of light from a star, planet or moon by another body passing in front of it.
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travail in a sentence

  • And the British mandarin Left, like their contemporaries in the Foreign Office, had little time for the travails of the small countries between Germany and Russia, whom they had always regarded as something of a nuisance.
  • Volkswagen’s travails are symbolic of the nation’s overall economic malaise and a political crisis that collapsed the government in December, paving the way for early elections Feb. 23.

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What is "travail" in Dutch?
"travail" in Dutch is barensweeën, beproeving, hard labeur. travail means: Hard, exhausting effort that involves suffering or hardship.
Are there other ways to say "travail" in Dutch?
Yes — Dutch has 9 translations listed for "travail": barensweeën, beproeving, hard labeur, smart, werkarbeid, zielskwelling.
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