calvario

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See also: Calvario and calvário

Galician

A calvario at Baamonde, Galicia

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin calvāria (skull).

Pronunciation

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

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

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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 Late 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
    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

Descendants

  • Cebuano: kalbaryo
  • Tagalog: kalbaryo

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