cruzada

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾuˈza.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾuˈza.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾuˈza.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾuˈza.dɐ/ [kɾuˈza.ðɐ]

Etymology 1

From cruz +‎ -ada.

Noun

cruzada f (plural cruzadas)

1. crusade (any of several military expeditions by European Christians against Muslims and Pagan)

Related terms

• cruzado

Etymology 2

From the verb cruzar (“cross”).

Adjective

cruzada f sg

1. feminine singular of cruzado

Participle

cruzada f sg

1. feminine singular of cruzado

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kɾuˈθada/ [kɾuˈθa.ð̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /kɾuˈsada/ [kɾuˈsa.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: cru‧za‧da

Etymology 1

14th century, from cruz +‎ -ada. Compare Portuguese cruzada, Old Occitan crozata, French croisade, Italian crociata; cf. also Medieval Latin cruciāta.

Noun

cruzada f (plural cruzadas)

1. crusade

Derived terms

• bula de la cruzada
• bula de la santa cruzada
• comisario general de cruzada

 

Etymology 2

Adjective

cruzada f sg

1. feminine singular of cruzado

Participle

cruzada f sg

1. feminine singular of cruzado

Further reading

• “cruzada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014