Feminine
encruzilhada
Meaning
- (feminine) crossroads (intersection)
- (feminine, figuratively) a difficult situation
Concepts
Synonyms
Translations
Kreuzung
carrefour
kruispunt
incrocio
encrucijada
kavşak
encreuamentFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ẽ.kɾu.ziˈʎa.dɐ/
Etymology
From encruzilhar (“to cross”), from cruz (“cross”), from Old Galician-Portuguese cruz, from Latin crux (“cross”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to bend”).
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