cruz

cruz f (plural cruzes)

1. cross

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “cruz”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, ISBN 978-84-7753-949-0

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cruz, from Latin crux, crucem (“cross”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to bend”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾuθ/, (western) /ˈkɾus/

cruz f (plural cruces)

1. cross (geometrical figure)
2. cross (the symbol of Christianity)

   Synonyms: cruceiro, crucifixo

3. highest point in the the back of an animal or person
4. cross (device to execute criminals)
5. (heraldry) cross (heraldic charge)

• Cruces
• Entrecruces
• Santa Cruz

• cruceiro
• crucial
• crucificar
• cruzado
• cruzar
• encrucillada

• “cruz” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “cruz” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “cruz” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “cruz” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cruz” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Latin crux (“cross”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to bend”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾud͡z/

cruz f

1. cross
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 318 (facsimile):

     Como ſanta maria ſſe uingou do crerigo que furtou a prata da cruz.

     How Holy Mary avenged Herself on the cleric who stole the silver from the cross.

• Galician: cruz
• Portuguese: cruz
  • Kabuverdianu: krus
  • Papiamentu: krus

From Old Portuguese cruz, from Latin crux, crucem (“cross”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to bend”).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾu(j)s/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾuʃ/
• Hyphenation: cruz

cruz f (plural cruzes)

1. cross (geometrical figure)
2. cross (the symbol of Christianity)
3. cross (device to execute criminals)
4. (heraldry) cross (heraldic charge)

• (symbol of Christianity): cruzeiro, crucifixo

• Santa Cruz

• Kabuverdianu: krus
• Papiamentu: krus

From Latin crux.

• (Old Spanish) IPA^(key): /kɾud͡z/
• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾuθ/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾus/

• Audio (Latin America)

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cruz f (plural cruces)

1. cross
2. (heraldry) cross
3. (figuratively) torture; misery
4. tails (side of a coin)

• Santa Cruz

• → Southeastern Tepehuan: kuruus
• → Tagalog: krus

• cruce
• cruciar
• crucifijo
• cruzada
• cruzado
• cruzar