calvario

• calvário (reintegrationist)

From Late Latin calvāria (“skull”).

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

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

• Ernesto Xosé 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “calvario”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “calvario”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “calvario”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “calvario”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “calvario”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

From Late Latin calvāria (“skull”).

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

calvario m (plural calvari)

1. calvary (all senses)

• arcavoli, arvicola, ciarlavo, ricalavo

Borrowed from Late Latin calvārium.

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

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

   Synonym: ordalía

   • 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. skullcap
6. (obsolete) ossuary

   Synonym: osario

• → Cebuano: kalbaryo
• → Tagalog: kalbaryo

• “calvario”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10