Polyglot Dictionary

encruzilhada

/ẽkɾuziˈʎadɐ/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as encruzilhadas

Meaning

  1. crossroads

    • Paramos na encruzilhada.

      We stopped at the crossroads.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

cruzamento

cruzamento is more urban and everyday, like a street intersection; encruzilhada is more rural or literary, and associated with folklore, a mystical crossroads.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

encrucijada

encrucijada is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "crossroads."

Practice

1 What does encruzilhada mean?

2 Fill the gap: Paramos na ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches encruzilhada?

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