cruzada
Portuguese
Noun
cruzada f (plural cruzadas)
- crusade (any of several military expeditions by European Christians against Muslims and Pagan)
Related terms
Etymology 2
From the verb cruzar (“cross”).
Spanish
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /kɾuˈθada/, [kɾuˈθaða]
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /kɾuˈsada/, [kɾuˈsaða]
Etymology 1
14th century, from cruz + -ada. Compare Portuguese cruzada, Old Occitan crozata, French croisade, Italian crociata; cf. also Medieval Latin cruciāta.
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