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travar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brake noun A device that slows or stops a vehicle or machine, usually by friction, or the pedal or lever used to apply it.
  • crash noun A violent collision, especially involving a vehicle.
  • freeze verb To turn solid from cold, or to lower something's temperature until it does.
  • hang verb To attach something at the top so it hangs down freely, or to be suspended in this way.
  • wage noun Money paid to a worker, usually calculated by the hour.

Senses

travar is used for these senses in English:

  • brake (intransitive) To operate a brake or brakes.
  • crash (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution due to an exception.
  • freeze (intransitive) (of machines and software) To come to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).
  • freeze up (ambitransitive) (of machines and software) To come or bring to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).
  • hang (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
  • lock up (transitive, computing) To cause (a program) to cease responding or to freeze.
  • wage (transitive) To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest).

brake — full definition

  1. noun A device that slows or stops a vehicle or machine, usually by friction, or the pedal or lever used to apply it.
  2. verb To slow down or stop a vehicle by using its brakes.

crash — full definition

  1. noun A violent collision, especially involving a vehicle.
  2. noun A sudden failure of a computer program or system.
  3. noun A sudden, sharp fall in the value of stocks, currency, or other assets.
  4. verb To collide violently, or (of a vehicle) to be involved in an accident.
  5. verb To stop working suddenly (of a computer or program).

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