encruzilhada

See also: Encruzilhada

Portuguese

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”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾu.ziˈʎa.dɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾu.ziˈʎa.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾu.ziˈʎa.dɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾu.ziˈʎa.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾu.ziˈʎa.da/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾu.ziˈʎa.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.kɾu.ziˈʎa.dɐ/ [ẽ.kɾu.ziˈʎa.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: en‧cru‧zi‧lha‧da

Noun

encruzilhada f (plural encruzilhadas)

1. crossroads (intersection)

   Synonyms: ambívio, cruzamento, interseção

2. (figuratively) a difficult situation

Related terms

• cruz
• cruzar
• encruzar
• encruzilhar