encruzilhada
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See also: Encruzilhada
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- Hyphenation: en‧cru‧zi‧lha‧da
Noun[edit]
encruzilhada f (plural encruzilhadas)
- crossroads (intersection)
- Synonyms: ambívio, cruzamento, interseção
- (figuratively) a difficult situation