# travesti
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish travesti and Portuguese travesti, themselves both from French travesti. Doublet of travesty.

### Noun

travesti (plural travestis)
* A member of a Latin American gender role, variously construed as a cross-dressing men, a third gender or a trans women.

#### Related terms

* en travesti

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʁa.vɛs.ti/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

travesti m (plural travestis)
* transvestite

#### Derived terms

* travestissement
* travestisme

#### Descendants

* → Greek: τραβεστί m or f (travestí)
* → Portuguese: travesti m or f
* → Spanish: travesti m or f
* → Turkish: travesti

### Participle

travesti (feminine travestie, masculine plural travestis, feminine plural travesties)
* past participle of travestir

### Further reading

* “travesti”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* vitrâtes

## Galician
### Verb

travesti
* (reintegrationist norm) inflection of travestir:
** first-person singular preterite indicative
** second-person plural imperative

## Italian
### Verb

travesti
* inflection of travestire:
** second-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* traviste

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French travesti.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /tɾa.vesˈt͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /tɾa.vesˈt͡ʃi/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /tɾa.veʃˈt͡ʃi/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɾaˈvɛʃ.ti/, /tɾa.vɛʃˈti/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɾaˈvɛʃ.ti/, /tɾa.vɛʃˈti/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /tɾaˈbɛʃ.ti/ [tɾaˈβɛʃ.ti], /tɾa.bɛʃˈti/ [tɾa.βɛʃˈti]
* Rhymes: -i, -ɛʃti
* Hyphenation: tra‧ves‧ti

#### Noun

travesti m or f by sense (plural travestis)
* transvestite; cross-dresser (person who wears clothing of the opposite sex)

##### Related terms

* travestir

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /tɾa.vesˈt͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /tɾa.vesˈt͡ʃi/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /tɾa.veʃˈt͡ʃi/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɾɐ.vɨʃˈti/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɾɐ.vɨʃˈti/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /tɾɐ.bɨʃˈti/ [tɾɐ.βɨʃˈti]
* Hyphenation: tra‧ves‧ti

#### Verb

travesti
* inflection of travestir:
** first-person singular preterite indicative
** second-person plural imperative

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French travestir.

### Verb

a travesti (third-person singular present travestește, past participle travestit) 4th conjugation
* to disguise

#### Conjugation
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French travesti.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɾaˈbesti/ [t̪ɾaˈβ̞es.t̪i]
* Rhymes: -esti
* Syllabification: tra‧ves‧ti

### Noun

travesti m or f by sense (plural travestis)
* transvestite, cross-dresser
    Synonym: travestí

### Noun

travesti f (plural travestis)
* (Rioplatense, Chile, Andes) trans woman
    Synonym: mujer trans

#### Related terms

* travestir

### Further reading

* “travesti”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Travestie, from English travesty, from French travestir. Doublet of transvestit.

### Noun

travesti c
* travesty

#### Synonyms

* parodi
* pastisch

#### Related terms

* travestera

### References

* travesti in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* travesti in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* travesti in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Turkish
### Etymology

From French travesti.

### Noun

travesti (definite accusative travestiyi, plural travestiler)
* (slang, derogatory, offensive) transvestite