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trav·el
(trăv′əl)v. trav·eled, trav·el·ing, trav·els or trav·elled or trav·el·ling
v.intr.
1.
a. To go from one place to another, as on a trip; journey.
b. To go from place to place as a salesperson or agent.
2.
a. To move or pass, as from one person to another: Reports of the king's death traveled from village to village.
b. To be transmitted, as light or sound: the speed at which sound travels through water.
c. To move along a course, as a phonograph needle in the groove of a record.
d. Informal To move swiftly: This car can really travel.
3. To go about in the company of a particular group; associate: travels in wealthy circles.
4. To admit of being transported without loss of quality; Some wines travel poorly.
5. Basketball To move illegally while holding the ball, usually by taking more than two steps between dribbles or by moving a foot that has been established as a pivot.
v.tr.
To pass or journey over or through; traverse: travel the roads of Europe.
n.
1. The act or process of traveling from one place to another: With the railroad, travel between cities became swift.
2. travels
a. A series of journeys: her travels in Africa.
b. An account of one's journeys.
3. The activity or business of arranging trips or providing services for travelers: She works in travel.
4.
a. Movement or passage: the travel of the planets around the sun.
b. The motion of a piece of machinery, especially of a reciprocating part; stroke.
c. The length of a mechanical stroke.
[Middle English travelen, alteration of travailen, to toil, from Old French travailler; see travail.]
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travel
(ˈtrævəl)vb (mainly intr) , -els, -elling or -elled, -els, -eling or -eled
1. to go, move, or journey from one place to another: he travels to improve his mind; she travelled across France.
2. (tr) to go, move, or journey through or across (an area, region, etc): he travelled the country.
3. to go, move, or cover a specified or unspecified distance
4. to go from place to place as a salesman: to travel in textiles.
5. (Commerce) (esp of perishable goods) to withstand a journey
6. (of light, sound, etc) to be transmitted or move: the sound travelled for miles.
7. to progress or advance
8. (Basketball) basketball to take an excessive number of steps while holding the ball
9. (Mechanical Engineering) (of part of a mechanism) to move in a fixed predetermined path
10. informal to move rapidly: that car certainly travels.
11. (often foll by with) informal to be in the company (of); associate
n
12.
a. the act of travelling
b. (as modifier): a travel brochure. itinerant
13. (usually plural) a tour or journey
14. (Mechanical Engineering) the distance moved by a mechanical part, such as the stroke of a piston
15. movement or passage
[C14 travaillen to make a journey, from Old French travaillier to travail]
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trav•el
(ˈtræv əl)v. -eled, -el•ing (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling, v.i.
1. to go from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship; take a trip.
2. to move or pass from one place or point to another.
3. to proceed or advance.
4. to pass or be transmitted, as light or information: The news traveled quickly.
5. to go from place to place as a representative of a business.
6. to associate or consort: to travel with a wealthy crowd.
7. to admit of being transported or transmitted, esp. without suffering harm: a wine that does not travel well.
8. Informal. to move with speed.
9. Basketball. walk (def. 8).
10. to move in a fixed course, as a piece of mechanism.
v.t. 11. to travel, journey, or pass through or over.
12. to journey or traverse (a specified distance).
13. to cause to travel or journey: to travel logs downriver.
n. 14. the act of traveling; journeying, esp. to distant places.
15. travels,
a. journeys.
b. a written work describing such journeys.
16. the coming and going of people or conveyances along a route; traffic.
17.
a. the complete movement of a moving mechanical part, esp. a reciprocating part, in one direction, or the distance traversed; stroke.
b. length of stroke.
18. movement or passage in general.
adj. 19. designed for use while traveling: a travel clock.
[1325–75; Middle English (N and Scots), orig. the same word as travail (by shift “to toil, labor” > “to make a laborious journey”)]
trav′el•a•ble, adj.
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travel
- From Latin trepaliare, "torture," it evolved into "journey" from the allusion to the inevitable trouble of medieval travel.See also related terms for torture.
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Travel
a mania for travel.
a mania for wandering.
a mania for crossing bridges.
an abnormal fear of crossing bridges.
an abnormal love of travel.
an abnormal fear or dislike of travel.
1. the act or state of traveling from place to place.
2. persons, collectively, whose occupation obliges them to travel constantly.
3. such an occupation. — itinerant. n., adj.
2. persons, collectively, whose occupation obliges them to travel constantly.
3. such an occupation. — itinerant. n., adj.
seasickness.
Obsolete, the act of wandering about.
travel from place to place, especially on foot and with the suggestion of a roundabout route.
Obsolete, the act of wandering or rambling around and about.
1. the activitiy of traveliring for pleasure, to see sights, for recreation etc.
2. the business founded upon this activity. — tourist, n., adj.
2. the business founded upon this activity. — tourist, n., adj.
Archaic. the act of wafting or being wafted; travel or conveyance by wafting.
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Travel
- Like a chastity belt, the package tour keeps you out of mischief but a bit restive for wondering what you missed —Peg Bracken
- Like film critics, the guidebooks don’t always see eye to eye —Peg Bracken
- Like gin or plum pudding, travel is filling —Peg Bracken
- One’s travel life is basically as incommunicable as his sex life is —Peg Bracken
- A traveller without knowledge is a bird without wings —Sadi
- Travel light, like the prayers of Jews —Yehuda Amichai
- Travelling is almost like talking with men of three other centuries —Rene Descartes
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travel
Travel can be a verb or a noun. The other forms of the verb are travels, travelling, travelled in British English, and travels, traveling, traveled in American English.
1. used as a verb
If you make a journey to a place, you can say that you travel there.
I travelled to work by train.
When you travel, you go to several places, especially in foreign countries.
They brought news from faraway places in which they travelled.
You have to have a passport to travel abroad.
2. used as a noun
Travel is the act of travelling. When travel has this meaning, it is an uncountable noun.
They arrived after four days of hard travel.
Air travel is so easy these days.
We used to dream about space travel.
3. 'travels'
When someone has made several journeys to different places, especially places a long way from their home, you can refer to these journeys as their travels.
Stasya told us all about her travels.
It is a collection of rare plants and trees collected during lengthy travels in the Far East.
Be Careful!
Don't talk about 'a travel'. Instead you talk about a journey, a trip, or a voyage.
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travel
Past participle: travelled
Gerund: travelling
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| Noun | 1. |  travel - the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel"movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" walk - the act of walking somewhere; "he took a walk after lunch" circumnavigation - traveling around something (by ship or plane); "Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe" peregrination - traveling or wandering around roving, vagabondage, wandering - travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him" wayfaring - traveling (especially on foot) crossing - traveling across driving - the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal horseback riding, riding - travel by being carried on horseback air travel, aviation, air - travel via aircraft; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air" journey, journeying - the act of traveling from one place to another stage, leg - a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise" staging - travel by stagecoach on the road, on tour - travelling about; "they took the show on the road"; "they lost all their games on the road" junketing - taking an excursion for pleasure water travel, seafaring - travel by water commutation, commuting - the travel of a commuter |
| 2. |  travel - a movement through space that changes the location of somethingascension - (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon circulation - free movement or passage (as of cytoplasm within a cell or sap through a plant); "ocean circulation is an important part of global climate"; "a fan aids air circulation" creep - a slow longitudinal movement or deformation gravitation - movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction; "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps" levitation - movement upward in virtue of lightness descent - a movement downward fall - a movement downward; "the rise and fall of the tides" stampede - a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle) translation - a uniform movement without rotation | |
| 3. |  travel - self-propelled movement movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" brachiation - swinging by the arms from branch to branch step - the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down; "he walked with unsteady steps" gait - a horse's manner of moving running, run - the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit" crawling, creeping, crawl, creep - a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep" dance step, step - a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance; "he taught them the waltz step" stroke - any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing | |
| Verb | 1. |  travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"circulate, go around, spread - become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office" carry - cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive carried to the green" ease - move gently or carefully; "He eased himself into the chair" whish - move with a whishing sound; "The car whished past her" float - move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage" swap - move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science seek - go to or towards; "a liquid seeks its own level" whine - move with a whining sound; "The bullets were whining past us" fly - be dispersed or disseminated; "Rumors and accusations are flying" ride - move like a floating object; "The moon rode high in the night sky" come - cover a certain distance; "She came a long way" ghost - move like a ghost; "The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard" betake oneself - displace oneself; go from one location to another travel - undergo transportation as in a vehicle; "We travelled North on Rte. 508" wend - direct one's course or way; "wend your way through the crowds" do - travel or traverse (a distance); "This car does 150 miles per hour"; "We did 6 miles on our hike every day" raft - travel by raft in water; "Raft the Colorado River" get about, get around - move around; move from place to place; "How does she get around without a car?" resort, repair - move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods" cruise - travel at a moderate speed; "Please keep your seat belt fastened while the plane is reaching cruising altitude" come, come up - move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room" move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" round - wind around; move along a circular course; "round the bend" trundle - move heavily; "the streetcar trundled down the avenue" push - move strenuously and with effort; "The crowd pushed forward" travel purposefully - travel volitionally and in a certain direction with a certain goal swing - change direction with a swinging motion; turn; "swing back"; "swing forward" rove, stray, roam, vagabond, wander, swan, ramble, range, drift, tramp, cast, roll - move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" take the air, walk - take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure; "The lovers held hands while walking"; "We like to walk every Sunday" meander, thread, wind, wander, weave - to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body" crawl, creep - move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed" scramble - to move hurriedly; "The friend scrambled after them" slither, slide - to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate" roll, wheel - move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds" glide - move smoothly and effortlessly breeze - to proceed quickly and easily be adrift, drift, float, blow - be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore" play - move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly; "The spotlights played on the politicians" swim - move as if gliding through water; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives" walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" stay in place - be stationary |
| 2. |  travel - undertake a journey or trip tour - make a tour of a certain place; "We toured the Provence this summer" globe-trot - travel all over the world for pleasure and sightseeing sledge - ride in or travel with a sledge; "the antarctic expedition sledged along the coastline"; "The children sledged all day by the lake" navigate, voyage, sail - travel on water propelled by wind or by other means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow" trek - make a long and difficult journey; "They trekked towards the North Pole with sleds and skis" trek - journey on foot, especially in the mountains; "We spent the summer trekking in the foothills of the Himalayas" | |
| 3. |  travel - make a trip for pleasure commute - travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home peregrinate - travel around, through, or over, especially on foot; "peregrinate the bridge" | |
| 4. |  travel - travel upon or across; "travel the oceans"go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" sail - traverse or travel on (a body of water); "We sailed the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone" ship - travel by ship ride - ride over, along, or through; "Ride the freeways of California" fly - travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft; "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic" cruise - drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure; "She cruised the neighborhood in her new convertible" | |
| 5. |  travel - undergo transportation as in a vehicle; "We travelled North on Rte. 508"go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" fly - travel in an airplane; "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?" hop - travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.; "She hopped a train to Chicago"; "He hopped rides all over the country" ride - be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day" | |
| 6. |  travel - travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judgego, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" itinerate - travel from place to place, as for work; "an itinerating merchant" |
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travel
verb
1. go, journey, proceed, make a journey, move, walk, cross, tour, progress, wander, trek, voyage, roam, ramble, traverse, rove, take a trip, make your way, wend your way You can travel to Helsinki tomorrow.
2. be transmitted, move, advance, proceed, get through Light travels at around 300 million metres per second.
3. go fast, race, hurry, hasten, whizz, hurtle, burn rubber, go hell for leather (informal), tear along, belt along, bomb along (informal), whip along, hotfoot it, go like a bat out of hell (informal), go at breakneck speed, go rapidly, go like (greased) lightning The horse was really travelling.
noun
1. (usually plural) journey, wandering, expedition, globetrotting, walk, tour, touring, movement, trip, passage, voyage, excursion, ramble, peregrination He collects things for the house on his travels.
Quotations
"Travel, at its best, is a process of continually conquering disbelief" [Michael Palin Pole to Pole]
"Travel is glamorous only in retrospect" [Paul Theroux]
"In America there are two classes of travel - first class and with children" [Robert Benchley]
"They change their clime, but not their minds, who rush across the sea" [Horace Epistles]
"Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death" [Katherine Mansfield Journal]
"For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move" [Robert Louis Stevenson Travels with a Donkey]
"Travel, at its best, is a process of continually conquering disbelief" [Michael Palin Pole to Pole]
"Travel is glamorous only in retrospect" [Paul Theroux]
"In America there are two classes of travel - first class and with children" [Robert Benchley]
"They change their clime, but not their minds, who rush across the sea" [Horace Epistles]
"Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death" [Katherine Mansfield Journal]
"For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move" [Robert Louis Stevenson Travels with a Donkey]
Proverbs
"Travel broadens the mind"
"Travel broadens the mind"
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
travel
verb1. To make or go on a journey:
Idiom: hit the road.
2. To move along a particular course:
Idiom: make one's way.
3. To become known far and wide:
Idiom: go the rounds.
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Translations
пътувам
cestovatcestováníprocestovatšířit seurazit
rejsebevæge sig
vojaĝi
matkustaamatkustuskulkealiikkuamatka
putovanjeputovatiproputovati
beutazikútutazásutazik
ferðastferîalagferîastferîast, fara
旅行移動する
여행여행하다
apkeliautikeliautikeliautojaskeliavimaskelionės
brauciensbrauktceļojumsceļotceļš
călătorievoiaj
šíriť sa
popotovanjapotovanjepotovati
resaresorrörelseslagbana
เดินทางการเดินทาง
du lịchsự đi lại
travel
[ˈtrævl]A. N
1. (= travelling) → viajes mpl
the job involves frequent travel → el trabajo requiere viajes frecuentes
she is returning after two years' travel in Africa → vuelve tras dos años de viajes por África, vuelve después de viajar dos años por África
students can get cheap travel → los estudiantes pueden viajar a precios reducidos
travel broadens the mind → viajar te abre más la mente or te da más amplitud de miras
air travel → viajes mpl en avión
I have made my own travel arrangements → he hecho mis propios planes para el viaje
foreign travel → viajes mpl por el extranjero
the job involves frequent travel → el trabajo requiere viajes frecuentes
she is returning after two years' travel in Africa → vuelve tras dos años de viajes por África, vuelve después de viajar dos años por África
students can get cheap travel → los estudiantes pueden viajar a precios reducidos
travel broadens the mind → viajar te abre más la mente or te da más amplitud de miras
air travel → viajes mpl en avión
I have made my own travel arrangements → he hecho mis propios planes para el viaje
foreign travel → viajes mpl por el extranjero
2. travels → viajes mpl
she told us about her travels in Africa → nos habló de sus viajes por Africa
to set off on one's travels → emprender el viaje
you'll never guess who I met on my travels today! → ¡no te vas a imaginar or a que no sabes con quién me he topado en la calle hoy!
she told us about her travels in Africa → nos habló de sus viajes por Africa
to set off on one's travels → emprender el viaje
you'll never guess who I met on my travels today! → ¡no te vas a imaginar or a que no sabes con quién me he topado en la calle hoy!
3. (= movement) direction/line of travel → dirección f/linea f de desplazamiento
4. (Tech) [of lever, pedal] → desplazamiento m
B. VI
1. (= make a journey) → viajar
she'd always wanted to travel → siempre había querido viajar
she travels into the centre to work → se desplaza or va al centro a trabajar
to travel abroad she spent six months travelling abroad → pasó seis meses viajando por el extranjero
he was forbidden to travel abroad → le prohibieron que viajara al extranjero
to travel by sth to travel by air/plane → viajar en avión
to travel by car/train/bus (short journeys) → ir en coche/tren/autobús; (longer journeys) → viajar en coche/tren/autobús
I travel to work by train → voy al trabajo en tren
to travel light → viajar con poco equipaje
we'll be travelling round Italy → recorreremos Italia
we'll be travelling through France → viajaremos or pasaremos por Francia
he's travelling to Helsinki tomorrow → mañana viaja a Helsinki
he has travelled widely → ha viajado mucho
she'd always wanted to travel → siempre había querido viajar
she travels into the centre to work → se desplaza or va al centro a trabajar
to travel abroad she spent six months travelling abroad → pasó seis meses viajando por el extranjero
he was forbidden to travel abroad → le prohibieron que viajara al extranjero
to travel by sth to travel by air/plane → viajar en avión
to travel by car/train/bus (short journeys) → ir en coche/tren/autobús; (longer journeys) → viajar en coche/tren/autobús
I travel to work by train → voy al trabajo en tren
to travel light → viajar con poco equipaje
we'll be travelling round Italy → recorreremos Italia
we'll be travelling through France → viajaremos or pasaremos por Francia
he's travelling to Helsinki tomorrow → mañana viaja a Helsinki
he has travelled widely → ha viajado mucho
2. (= move) → ir
we were travelling at 30mph → íbamos a 30 millas por hora
light/sound travels at a speed of → la luz/el sonido viaja or se desplaza a una velocidad de ...
the current travels along this wire → la corriente va or pasa por este alambre
news travels fast → las noticias vuelan
his eyes travelled swiftly around the room → recorrió rápidamente la habitación con la mirada
we were travelling at 30mph → íbamos a 30 millas por hora
light/sound travels at a speed of → la luz/el sonido viaja or se desplaza a una velocidad de ...
the current travels along this wire → la corriente va or pasa por este alambre
news travels fast → las noticias vuelan
his eyes travelled swiftly around the room → recorrió rápidamente la habitación con la mirada
3. (= move quickly) he was really travelling! → ¡iba a toda pastilla or a toda mecha!
that car certainly travels → ese coche sí que corre
that car certainly travels → ese coche sí que corre
C. VT [+ country] → viajar por, recorrer; [+ road] → recorrer; [+ distance] → recorrer, hacer
he has travelled the world → ha viajado por or ha recorrido todo el mundo
he has travelled the world → ha viajado por or ha recorrido todo el mundo
D. CPD travel agency N → agencia f de viajes
travel agent N → agente mf de viajes
travel alarm N → despertador m de viaje
travel bag N → bolso m de viaje
travel brochure N → folleto m turístico
travel bureau N → agencia f de viajes
travel company N → empresa f de viajes
travel documents NPL → documentos mpl de viaje
travel expenses NPL → gastos mpl de viaje, gastos mpl de desplazamiento
travel insurance N → seguro m de viaje
travel news N → información f sobre viajes y transporte
travel sickness N → mareo m (por el viaje)
travel writer N escritor o periodista que escribe libros o artículos sobre viajes
travel agent N → agente mf de viajes
travel alarm N → despertador m de viaje
travel bag N → bolso m de viaje
travel brochure N → folleto m turístico
travel bureau N → agencia f de viajes
travel company N → empresa f de viajes
travel documents NPL → documentos mpl de viaje
travel expenses NPL → gastos mpl de viaje, gastos mpl de desplazamiento
travel insurance N → seguro m de viaje
travel news N → información f sobre viajes y transporte
travel sickness N → mareo m (por el viaje)
travel writer N escritor o periodista que escribe libros o artículos sobre viajes
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travel
[ˈtrævəl] n → voyage m
4 days of hard travel → 4 rudes journées de voyage
foreign travel → les voyages à l'étranger
Gulliver's travels → les voyages de Gulliver
4 days of hard travel → 4 rudes journées de voyage
foreign travel → les voyages à l'étranger
Gulliver's travels → les voyages de Gulliver
vi
(= journey) [person] → voyager
I prefer to travel by train → Je préfère voyager en train.
I'd like to travel round the world → J'aimerais voyager autour du monde.
I travel to work by train
BUT Je vais au travail en train.
I prefer to travel by train → Je préfère voyager en train.
I'd like to travel round the world → J'aimerais voyager autour du monde.
I travel to work by train
BUT Je vais au travail en train.
(= move) [sound] → se propager; [light] → aller, se déplacer; [news] → se propager
News travels fast!
BUT Les nouvelles vont vite!.
News travels fast!
BUT Les nouvelles vont vite!.
vt
[+ distance] → parcourir
We travelled over 800 kilometres → Nous avons parcouru plus de huit cents kilomètres.travel agency n → agence f de voyagestravel agent n → agent m de voyage
She's a travel agent → Elle est agent de voyages.travel book n → récit m de voyagestravel brochure n → brochure f touristiquetraveler's check [ˌtrævələrzˈtʃɛk] n (US) → chèque m de voyagetravel insurance n → assurance f voyage
We travelled over 800 kilometres → Nous avons parcouru plus de huit cents kilomètres.travel agency n → agence f de voyagestravel agent n → agent m de voyage
She's a travel agent → Elle est agent de voyages.travel book n → récit m de voyagestravel brochure n → brochure f touristiquetraveler's check [ˌtrævələrzˈtʃɛk] n (US) → chèque m de voyagetravel insurance n → assurance f voyage
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travel
vi
(= make a journey) → reisen; they have travelled (Brit) or traveled (US) a lot → sie sind viel gereist, sie haben viele Reisen gemacht; he travels to work by car → er fährt mit dem Auto zur Arbeit; she is travelling (Brit) or traveling (US) to London tomorrow → sie fährt morgen nach London; the President is travelling (Brit) or traveling (US) to Paris tomorrow → der Präsident reist morgen nach Paris; they have travelled (Brit) or traveled (US) a long way → sie haben eine weite Reise or lange Fahrt hinter sich (dat); (fig) → sie haben es weit gebracht (im Leben); they travelled (Brit) or traveled (US) for 6 hours/300 kms → sie fuhren 6 Stunden lang/300 km; to travel (a)round the world → eine Reise um die Welt machen; to travel around a country → ein Land durchreisen or bereisen
(= go, move) → sich bewegen; (sound, light) → sich fortpflanzen; light travels at … → die Lichtgeschwindigkeit beträgt …; we were travelling (Brit) or traveling (US) at 80 kph → wir fuhren 80 km/h; the parts travel along the conveyor belt → die Teile werden vom Förderband weiterbefördert; the electricity travels along the wire → der Strom fließt durch den Draht; you were travelling (Brit) or traveling (US) too fast → Sie sind zu schnell gefahren; he was certainly travelling (Brit) or traveling (US)! (inf) → er hatte vielleicht einen Zahn drauf! (inf); wow! that’s travelling (Brit) or traveling (US)! (inf) → Mann, das ist aber schnell!
(Comm) → Vertreter(in) m(f) → sein; he travels for a Berlin insurance firm → er ist Vertreter einer Berliner Versicherungsgesellschaft
(wine etc) some wines do not travel well → manche Weine vertragen den Transport nicht; his humour (Brit) or humor (US) travels well → sein Humor kommt auch anderswo gut an
(= pass) his eye travelled (Brit) or traveled (US) over the scene → seine Augen wanderten über die Szene
(Tech) → sich hin- und herbewegen; as the piston travels from A to B → während sich der Kolben von A nach B bewegt; it doesn’t travel freely → es bewegt sich schwer; the sliding doors don’t travel freely → diese Schiebetüren gleiten nicht gut
(Basketball) → einen Schrittfehler machen
n
no pl (= travelling) → Reisen nt; to be fond of travel → gerne reisen; travel was difficult in the 18th century → im 18. Jahrhundert war das Reisen beschwerlich
travel
:travel agency
n → Reisebüro nt
travel agent
n → Reisebürokaufmann m → /-kauffrau f; (of package tours) → Reiseveranstalter(in) m(f); travel(’s) (= travel agency) → Reisebüro nt
travel allowance
n → Reisekostenzuschuss m
travel
:travel brochure
n → Reiseprospekt m
travel bureau
n → Reisebüro nt
travel card
travel companion
travel expenses
pl (esp US) → Reisekosten pl → or -spesen pl
travel insurance
n → Reiseversicherung f
travel
:travel literature
n → Reisebeschreibung f
travel novel
n → Reisebeschreibung f
travel
:travel-sick
adj → reisekrank
travel-sickness
n → Reisekrankheit f
travel-sickness pill
n → Pille f → gegen Reisekrankheit
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travel
[ˈtrævl]1. n → il viaggiare, viaggi mpl
travel is easier now → viaggiare è più facile al giorno d'oggi
when are you off on your travels? → quando parti per uno dei tuoi viaggi?
if you meet him on your travels (fig) → se lo incontri in uno dei tuoi giri
travel is easier now → viaggiare è più facile al giorno d'oggi
when are you off on your travels? → quando parti per uno dei tuoi viaggi?
if you meet him on your travels (fig) → se lo incontri in uno dei tuoi giri
2. vi
a. → viaggiare; (make a journey) → fare un viaggio
we shall be travelling in France → faremo un viaggio in Francia
to travel round the world → fare un viaggio intorno al mondo
to travel by car → viaggiare in macchina
they have travelled a lot → hanno viaggiato molto
they have travelled a long way → sono venuti da lontano
to travel light → viaggiare con poco bagaglio
this wine doesn't travel well → questo vino non resiste agli spostamenti
we shall be travelling in France → faremo un viaggio in Francia
to travel round the world → fare un viaggio intorno al mondo
to travel by car → viaggiare in macchina
they have travelled a lot → hanno viaggiato molto
they have travelled a long way → sono venuti da lontano
to travel light → viaggiare con poco bagaglio
this wine doesn't travel well → questo vino non resiste agli spostamenti
b. (go at a speed) → viaggiare, andare
it travels at 50 km/h → fa 50 km/h
light travels at a speed of ... → la velocità della luce è di...
news travels fast → le notizie si diffondono molto velocemente
it travels at 50 km/h → fa 50 km/h
light travels at a speed of ... → la velocità della luce è di...
news travels fast → le notizie si diffondono molto velocemente
d. (Comm) → fare il/la rappresentante (di commercio)
he travels in furs → fa il rappresentante di pellicce
he travels in furs → fa il rappresentante di pellicce
3. vt (road, distance) → percorrere, fare
this is a much travelled road → questa è una strada di grande traffico
this is a much travelled road → questa è una strada di grande traffico
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
travel
(ˈtrӕvl) – past tense, past participle ˈtravelled , (American) ˈtraveled – verb1. to go from place to place; to journey. I travelled to Scotland by train; He has to travel a long way to school.
2. to move. Light travels in a straight line.
3. to visit places, especially foreign countries. He has travelled a great deal.
noun the act of travelling. Travel to and from work can be very tiring.
ˈtraveller noun a person who travels. a weary traveller.
ˈtravelogue , (American) ˈtravelog noun a film, article, talk etc about travels.
ˈtravels noun plural the visiting of foreign countries etc. She's off on her travels again.
travel agency, travel bureau a place where one can arrange journeys, book tickets etc. We went to the travel agency to book our holidays.
travel agent a person in charge of, or working in, a travel agency.
ˈtraveller's cheque noun (American traveler's check) a cheque that a person can use in a foreign country instead of money, or to change into local money.
ˈtraveller's palm
a palm of the banana family, with a row of large leaves at the crown.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
travel
→ سَفَر, يُسَافِرُ cestování, cestovat rejse Reisen ταξιδεύω, ταξίδι viajar, viaje matkustaa, matkustus voyage, voyager putovanje, putovati viaggiare, viaggio 旅行, 移動する 여행, 여행하다 reis, reizen reise podróż, podróżować viagem, viajar путешествие, путешествовать resa เดินทาง, การเดินทาง seyahat, seyahat etmek du lịch, sự đi lại 旅行Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
travel
n. viaje; migración, transportación;
vi. viajar, migrar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
- I would like to travel first class
- Air travel
- I suffer from travel sickness (US)
I get travel-sick (UK) - I don't have travel insurance
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travel
n (el) viajar, viajes mpl; foreign — viajes al extranjeroEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.