viajar

/bjaˈxaɾ/ · A2 · verb

to travel, journey

✈️🧳 viajar = via (road, way) + -ar: to go by road, like English voyage

From Spanish viaje (journey), which traces back to Latin viaticum, provisions for the road, from via (way). English voyage and via share the same root. The j is a throaty h sound: bya-HAR.

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