trek (trɛk
)
Definitions
noun
- a long and often difficult journey
- South Africa a journey or stage of a journey, esp a migration by ox wagon
verb
Word forms: treks, trekking, trekked
- (intr) to make a trek
- (tr) South Africa (of an ox, etc) to draw (a load)
Alternative Forms
ˈtrekker nounWord Origin
C19: from Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch trekken to travel; related to Old Frisian trekkaTranslations
- British English:
trek
A trek is a long and often difficult journey....a trek through the desert.trɛk NOUN ...a trek through the desert.
- Spanish:
caminata
nf
- French:
périple
nm
- German: anstrengender Marsch nm anstrengende Märsche
- Chinese: 艰苦跋涉 n
- Arabic: رِحْلَةٌ طَوِيلَةٌ في أَرْضٍ وَعْر n
- Portuguese: caminhada nf
- Russian: длительное путешествие nnt
- Croatian: pješačenje nnt
- Czech: túra nf
- Danish: vandring nutr
- Dutch: tocht nm
- Finnish: vaellus n
- Greek: οδοιπορικό nnt
- Italian: trekking nm
- Japanese: 苦難に満ちた旅 n
- Korean: 길고 고된 여행 n
- Norwegian: lang reise nm
- Polish: wędrówka nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: caminhada nf
- European Spanish:
caminata
nf
- Swedish: lång och mödosam resa nutr
- Thai: การเดินทางระยะยาวด้วยความยากลำบาก n
- Turkish: zahmetli yürüyüş n
- Vietnamese: chuyến đi vất vả n
- British English:
trek
If you trek somewhere, you go on a journey across difficult country, usually on foot....trekking through the jungles.trɛk VERB ...trekking through the jungles.
- Spanish:
caminar
v
- French: faire un périple vi
- German: trecken v
- Chinese: 艰苦跋涉 v
- Arabic: يَـمْشِي في أَرْضٍ وَعْر v
- Portuguese: caminhar v
- Russian: путешествовать v
- Croatian: pješačiti v
- Czech: jít na túru v chodit na túru
- Danish: vandre v
- Dutch: trekken v
- Finnish: vaeltaa v
- Greek: κάνω οδοιπορικό v
- Italian: fare trekking v
- Japanese: 苦難に耐えつつ旅をする v
- Korean: 고생하며 여행하다 v
- Norwegian: reise langt v
- Polish: wędrować v
- Brazilian Portuguese: caminhar v
- European Spanish:
caminar
v
- Swedish: resa v
- Thai: เดินอย่างช้าๆ v
- Turkish: zahmetli bir yürüyüşe çıkmak v
- Vietnamese: đi bộ vất vả v
Usage examples
A cup of coffee back at Kitty's; then back to the trek refreshed.
, EVERVILLE (2001)Whether the trek was justified due to a deficit crisis, we are not told in Luke, the gospel where the tale appears.
Globe and Mail (2003)A shame, especially for the faithful, around four hundred of them, who had made the trek west.
Glasgow Herald (2001)There is plenty of good walking hereabouts, including the popular pilgrimage trek to the top of the Serra Santa (1421 metres).
, Umbria - the green heart of Italy (1989)