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Portuguese
Etymology
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
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾu.ziˈʎa.dɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾu.ziˈʎa.dɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾu.ziˈʎa.dɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾu.ziˈʎa.dɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾu.ziˈʎa.da/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾu.ziˈʎa.da/
- Hyphenation: en‧cru‧zi‧lha‧da
Noun
encruzilhada f (plural encruzilhadas)
- crossroads (intersection)
- Synonyms: ambívio, cruzamento, interseção
- (figuratively) a difficult situation