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travel [ˈtrævəl] vb -els, -elling, -elled US, -els -eling, -eled (mainly intr) 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. (Business / 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. (Team Sports / Basketball) Basketball to take an excessive number of steps while holding the ball 9. (Engineering / 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 1. a. the act of travelling b. (as modifier) a travel brochure Related adj itinerant 2. (usually plural) a tour or journey 3. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) the distance moved by a mechanical part, such as the stroke of a piston 4. movement or passage [C14 travaillen to make a journey, from Old French travaillier to travail] 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. 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. Archaic. the act of wafting or being wafted; travel or conveyance by wafting. Travel
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 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 (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] Proverbs "Travel broadens the mind" Translations 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 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! 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 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 3. (= move quickly) he was really travelling! → ¡iba a toda pastilla or a toda mecha! 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 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 [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 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. (= move) [sound] → se propager; [light] → aller, se déplacer; [news] → se propager 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 voyages travel agent n → agent m de voyage She's a travel agent → Elle est agent de voyages. travel book n → récit m de voyages travel brochure n → brochure f touristique traveler's check [ˌtrævələrzˈtʃɛk] n (US) → chèque m de voyage travel insurance n → assurance f voyage 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 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 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 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 d. (Comm) → fare il/la rappresentante (di commercio) 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 v travel [ˈtrӕvl] 1 to go from place to place; to journey I travelled to Scotland by train; He has to travel a long way to school. reis, ry يُسافِر пътувам cestovat; urazit rejse fahren ταξιδεύω viajar sõitma سفر کردن matkustaa voyager לְטַייֵל यात्रा करना putovati utazik melancong ferðast viaggiare 移動する 여행하다 vykti, keliauti ceļot; mērot ceļu; braukt berjalan reizen reise, krysse jechać, jeździć viajar a călători ездить potovati putovati resa, åka, fara เดินทาง yolculuk yapmak, seyahat etmek 行走,遊歷 мандрувати, подорожувати سفر کرنا đi lại 行走,游历 2 to move Light travels in a straight line. trek يَتَحَرَّك، يَنْتَقِل движа се šířit se bevæge sig sich bewegen κινούμαι viajar, desplazarse levima حرکت کردن liikkua se déplacer לָנוּע चलना putovati, kretati se terjed bergerak ferðast, fara (um) viaggiare 進む 이동하다 judėti virzīties; izplatīties bergerak bewegen bevege seg poruszać się deslocar-se a se deplasa перемещаться potovati putovati gå, röra sig, färdas ย้าย gitmek, yayılmak 傳播 переміщатися; поширюватися حرکت کرنا chuyển động 传播 3 to visit places, especially foreign countries He has travelled a great deal. reis يَزور пътешествам cestovat rejse reisen ταξιδεύω viajar reisima گشت و گذار کردن matkustaa voyager לְטַייֵל यात्रा करना, सफ़र करना putovati (be)utazik melancong ferðast viaggiare 旅行する (해외) 여행을 하다 keliauti ceļot mengembara reizen reise (rundt) podróżować viajar a călători путешествовать potovati proputovati resa ท่องเที่ยว dolaşmak, gezmek (國外)旅遊 подорожувати; пересуватися سير کرنا đi thăm (国外)旅游 n the act of travelling Travel to and from work can be very tiring. reis سَفَر пътуване cesta rejse das Reisen,das Fahren ταξίδι viaje, viajar, trayecto, recorrido sõitmine, reisimine رفت و آمد matkustaminen voyage, trajet נְסִיעָה यात्रा putovanje utazás perjalanan ferðalag viaggio 旅行 여행 kelionė ceļojums; ceļš; brauciens perjalanan het reizen reising, reise, ferd(sel) podróżowanie viajar drum, mers поездка cesta potovanje putovanje resande, resor การเดินทาง seyahat, yolculuk 旅行 подорож, поїздка سفر đi lại, di chuyển 旅行 n traveller a person who travels a weary traveller. reisiger مُسافِر пътешественик cestovatel, -ka; cestující (en) rejsende der/die Reisende ταξιδιώτης viajero; (trabajo) viajante reisija مسافر؛ رهرو matkustaja voyageur/-euse נוֹסֵע पर्यटक putnik utazó pelancong ferðamaður viaggiatore, viaggiatrice 旅行者 여행자 keliautojas ceļotājs; braucējs pengembara reiziger reisende podróżnik viajante călător путешественник cestovateľ, -ka; cestujúci popotnik putnik resande, resenär นักท่องเที่ยว yolcu 旅行者 мандрівник مسافر người đi du lịch 旅行者 n travelogue a film, article, talk etc about travels. reisjoernaal فِلْم أو مُحاضَره مُصَوَّرَه عن رِحْلَه пътепис cestopisné líčení rejsebeskrivelse der Reisebericht οδοιπορικό documental/artículo turístico reisikiri شرح سفر matkakertomus documentaire touristique יוֹמָן נְסִיעוֹת यात्रा विवरण putopis keterangan perjalanan fyrirlestur/grein/kvikmynd um ferðalög (documentario turistico) 紀行映画[] (사진, 영화 등을 사용하는) 여행담 kelionių aprašymas/filmas ceļojumu apraksts/filma travelog reisverhaal reiseforedrag/-bilder opis podróży relato de viagem documentar/reportaj turistic фильм, очерк, лекция о путешествиях cestopisný film / článok / prednáška poročilo, predavanje o potovanju putopis reseskildring หนังหรือบทความหรือการสนทนาที่เกี่ยวกับการท่องเที่ยว gezi filmi 旅行見聞講演(常用電影,文章,講話等) фільм про мандрівку; книга, розповідь про подорожі سفر نامہ phim nói về du lịch 旅行见闻讲演(常用电影,文章,讲话等) n pl travels the visiting of foreign countries etc She's off on her travels again. reise رِحْلات أو زِيارات إلى بِلادٍ أجْنَبِيَّه пътешествия cesty rejser die Reise ταξίδια (πληθ.) viajes, de viaje reisid مسافرت؛ سیاحت matkat voyage(s) נְסִיעוֹת यात्रा putovanja utazás lawatan ferðalag, heimshornaflakk viaggi, viaggio 旅行 해외 여행 kelionės ceļojums melancong reizen reiser, reisevirksomhet podróże viagens călătorii поездки cesty popotovanja putovanja resor การท่องเที่ยว seyahat, yolculuk 旅行 подорож, мандрівка دورہ، سفر đi du lịch nước ngoài 旅行 travel agency, travel bureau a place where one can arrange journeys, book tickets etc We went to the travel agency to book our holidays. reisagentskap وَكالَة سَفَر пътническа агенция cestovní kancelář rejsebureau das Reisebüro ταξιδιωτικό γραφείο agencia de viajes reisibüroo آژانس مسافرتی matkatoimisto agence de voyages סוֹכנוּת נְסִיעוֹת यात्रा एजेंसी putnička agencija utazási iroda biro perjalanan ferðaskrifstofa agenzia di viaggi 旅行社 여행사 kelionių agentūra, kelionių biuras ceļojumu birojs; tūrisma aģentūra agensi pelancongan reisbureau reisebyrå biuro podróży agência de viagens agenţie de turism туристическое агентство cestovná kancelária turistična agencija putnička agencija resebyrå สำนักงานท่องเที่ยว seyahat acentesi 旅行社 туристичне агентство; бюро подорожей ٹريول ايجنسي đại lý du lịch 旅行社 travel agent a person in charge of, or working in, a travel agency. reisagent وَكيل سَفَر туроператор zaměstnanec cestovní kanceláře rejseagent der/die Angestellte eines Reisebüros ταξιδιωτικός πράκτορας agente de viajes reisibüroo ametnik مدیر آژانس مسافرتی matkatoimistovirkailija agent/-ente de voyages סוֹכֵן נְסִיעוֹת घूमघूमकर टिकट बेचने वाला एजेंट namještenik putničke agencije utazási iroda (vezetője) agen perjalanan sölumaður/-stjóri á ferðaskrifstofu agenti di viaggi 旅行案内業者 여행사 직원 kelionių agentas tūrisma aģents ejen pelancongan reisagent leder/funksjonær på reisebyrå przedstawiciel biura podróży agente de viagens agent de turism сотрудник турагентства zamestnanec cestovnej kancelárie potovalni agent putnički agent researrangör ตัวแทนสำนักท่องเที่ยว seyahat acentesi, turizmci 旅行代理人 агент бюро подорожей ٹريول ايجنسي کا آدمي nhân viên du lịch 旅行代理人 n traveller's cheque (Americantraveler's check) a cheque that a person can use in a foreign country instead of money, or to change into local money. reisigerstjek شِك سِياحي пътнически чек cestovní šek rejsecheck der Traveller-cheque ταξιδιωτική επιταγή cheque de viaje reisitšekk چک مسافرتی matkashekki chèque de voyage הַמחָאַת נוֹסעִים यात्री चेक putni ček utazási csekk cek untuk turis (assegno turistico) 여행자 수표 kelionės čekis ceļojuma čeks cek kembara reischeque reisesjekk czek podróżniczy туристский чек cestovný šek potovalni ček putnički ček resecheck เช็คที่สามารถใช้แทนเงินสดได้ในต่างประเทศหรือนำมาแลกเป็นสกุลเงินท้องถิ่น seyahat çeki 旅行支票 дорожній чек مسافر کا چيک جسے وہ غير ممالک ميں بطور نوٹ استعمال کرسکے séc du lịch 旅行支票 travel → سِفر, يُسافر 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 đi lại, sự đi lại 旅行 Want to thank TFD for its existence? 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