encruzar

Portuguese

Etymology

From en- + cruz + -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾuˈza(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kɾuˈza(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾuˈza(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kɾuˈza(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾuˈza(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾuˈza(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾuˈza(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kɾuˈza(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾuˈza(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kɾuˈza(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾuˈza(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾuˈza(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.kɾuˈzaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.kɾuˈza.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: en‧cru‧zar

Verb

encruzar (first-person singular present encruzo, first-person singular preterite encruzei, past participle encruzado) (transitive)

  1. to put in the form of a cross; to cross
  2. to pass through

Conjugation

Synonyms

Further reading

  • encruzar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.