encrucillada

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Galician[edit]

encrucillada

Etymology[edit]

13th century. From encrucillar (“to cross”), derived from cruz (“cross”), from Latin crux (“cross”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to bend”). Cognate with Portuguese encruzilhada and Spanish encrucijada.

Noun[edit]

encrucillada f (plural encrucilladas)

  1. crossroad (intersection)
    • 1296, M. Lucas Alvarez & P. P. Lucas Domínguez (ed.), San Pedro de Ramirás. Un monasterio femenino en la Edad Media. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Publicacións de Caixa Galicia, page 447:
      damos et outorgamus a uos [...] hun noso casal que a o moesteiro de Ramiraes en Uallongo enna Encrucillada, o casar en que morou Martin Bóó
      we give and grant to you [...] our farm that the monastery of Ramirás has in Valongo, at the crossroad, the farm where Martín Boo dwelt
  2. (figuratively) a difficult situation

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “encrucillada” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “encrucillada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “encrucillada” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “encrucillada” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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