calvario

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See also: Calvario and calvário

Galician

A calvario at Baamonde, Galicia

Etymology

From Late Latin calvāria (“skull”).

Pronunciation

Noun

calvario m (plural calvarios)

  1. calvary (a representation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on a piece of raised ground)
  2. calvary (a series of representations of Christ’s Passion in a church)
  3. Via Crucis
  4. (by extension, figuratively) calvary (a strenuous experience)
    Synonyms: suplicio, viacrucis

Derived terms

References

  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “calvario”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “calvario”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “calvario” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “calvario” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “calvario” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin calvāria (“skull”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kalˈva.rjo/
  • Rhymes: -arjo
  • Hyphenation: cal‧và‧rio

Noun

calvario m (plural calvari)

  1. calvary (all senses)

Anagrams

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calvārium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kalˈbaɾjo/
  • Rhymes: -aɾjo
  • Syllabification: cal‧va‧rio

Noun

calvario m (plural calvarios)

  1. calvary
    • 1903, Amalia Domingo Soler, “Una pequeña historia”, in Ramos de violetas:
      la cruz del matrimonio es el calvario que Dios ha dado á la mujer y al hombre.
      the cross of wedlock is a calvary that God gave unto the woman and the man
  2. ordeal
    • 1996, Antti Tuuri (original), Úrsula Ojanen, Joaquín Fernández (translators), (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      Dijo Tania que cuando llegara el otoño trasladarían a la abuela al asilo de ancianos, ya que el invierno pasado había sido un calvario cuidarla, puesto que la casita no mantenía el calor suficiente […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2015, Tomás Eloy Martínez, Ciertas maneras de no hacer nada:
      Un hermano mío salió de bachiller en ciencias […] y pasó un calvario para conseguir cupo en la universidad: todavía no lo tiene.
      One of my brothers came out of high school with science diplomas he went through an ordeal to get a spot at university: he still hasn't got one.
  3. area outside of a settlement abundant in crosses
  4. debt chart, spreadsheet
  5. (obsolete) ossuary
  6. skullcap

Descendants

  • → Cebuano: kalbaryo
  • → Tagalog: kalbaryo

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