calvário

Meaning

1. (masculine) calvary (representation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ)
2. (figuratively, masculine) calvary; ordeal (a painful or trying experience)

Concepts

ordeal

calvary

Translations

calvaire

δοκιμασία

δεινοπάθημα

épreuve

Calvaire

ordalia

kwelling

ontbering

calvario

prueba

Tortur

çile

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kawˈva.ɾi.u/

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin calvāria (literally “skull”), a calque of Ancient Greek Γολγοθᾶ (Golgothâ), from Aramaic גּוּלְגּוּלְתָּא (gulgultā).