Noun: cruz
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | cruz |
| Plural f | cruzes |
Sample Sentences
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Como ſanta maria ſſe uingou do crerigo que furtou a prata da cruz. (How Holy Mary avenged Herself on the cleric who stole the silver from the cross.) [a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 318 ([[http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/565small.gif] facsimile]):]
Etymology
Inherited from Latin crucem (“cross”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to bend”). See: Latin Nouns '
crux', Latin Nouns '
crux'.
Verbs referencing "cruz"
Galician Nouns
cruz, Portuguese Nouns
cruz, Portuguese Nouns
encruzilhada.
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