calvário

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See also: calvario and Calvario

Galician

Noun

calvário m (plural calvários, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of calvario

References

  • “calvário” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin calvāria (literally “skull”), a calque of Ancient Greek Γολγοθᾶ (Golgothâ), from Aramaic גּוּלְגּוּלְתָּא (gulgultā).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kawˈva.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /kawˈva.ɾju/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kawˈva.ɾi.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /kawˈva.ɾjo/
 

  • Hyphenation: cal‧vá‧ri‧o

Noun

calvário m (plural calvários)

  1. calvary (representation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ)
  2. (figuratively) calvary; ordeal (a painful or trying experience)

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