encruzilhada

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Portuguese

Etymology

From encruzilhar (“to cross”), from cruz (“cross”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese cruz, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin crux (“cross”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to bend”).

Noun

encruzilhada f (plural encruzilhadas)

  1. crossroads (intersection)
    Synonyms: ambívio, cruzamento, interseção
  2. (figuratively) a difficult situation
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