travail

• Substantivo que designa esforço penoso ou extenuante, frequentemente ligado a trabalho árduo ou ao sofrimento físico do parto.

A noun referring to painful or laborious effort, often associated with hard work or the physical exertion of childbirth.

1. Labor and childbirthC1formalmedical

   The process of giving birth, from the beginning of contractions until the delivery of the baby.

   Trabalho de parto

   • She endured many hours of travail before her daughter was born.
   • The midwife monitored the mother's progress through her travail.
   • Modern medicine has made the travails of childbirth safer.

   Sinônimosaccouchementchildbirthdeliverylaborparturition

2. Hard work or effortC1formal

   Intense physical or mental exertion; difficult and tiring work.

   Trabalho pesado

   • The construction of the cathedral was a monumental travail.
   • After years of travail, the scientist finally made a breakthrough.
   • He wrote his masterpiece after a long period of creative travail.

   Sinônimosdrudgeryeffortexertiongrindlaborslogtoilwork

   Antônimoseaseleisurerelaxationreposerest

• Verbo arcaico ou literário que significa trabalhar arduamente, labutar ou sofrer, frequentemente associado a trabalho extenuante ou às dores do parto.

An archaic or literary verb meaning to work hard, toil, or suffer, often associated with laborious effort or the pains of childbirth.

1. Work HardC2formal

   To engage in strenuous physical or mental effort; to toil or labor intensely.

   Trabalhar arduamente

   • The workers travailed in the fields from dawn until dusk.
   • She travailed over the manuscript for years before it was published.
   • He travailed to build a new life for his family in a foreign land.

   Sinônimosdrudgegrindlaborlabourmoilplodslogstrivesweattoil

   Antônimosidlelazeloafrelaxrest