vía crucis

See also: viacrucis, víacrucis, via crucis, Via Crucis, via-crúcis, and via crúcis

Spanish

Alternative forms

• viacrucis

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin via crucis (literally “way of the cross”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˌbia ˈkɾuθis/ [ˌbi.a ˈkɾu.θis]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˌbia ˈkɾusis/ [ˌbi.a ˈkɾu.sis]
  • Syllabification: ví‧a cru‧cis
• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˌbja ˈkɾuθis/ [ˌbja ˈkɾu.θis]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˌbja ˈkɾusis/ [ˌbja ˈkɾu.sis]

Noun

vía crucis m (plural vías crucis)

1. Way of the Cross; Via Crucis

Related terms

• crucifixión

 

Further reading

• “vía crucis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10