via-crúcis

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• via crucis
• via crúcis

Etymology

From via (“way”) +‎ crúcis (“crucis”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.ɐˈkɾu.sis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.ɐˈkɾu.sis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.ɐˈkɾu.siʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.aˈkɾu.sis/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.ɐˈkɾu.siʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.ɐˈkɾu.siʃ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌbi.ɐˈkɾu.siʃ/

• Hyphenation: vi‧a‧-crú‧cis

Noun

via-crúcis f (plural vias-crúcis)

1. Via Crucis (arduous experience)

   Synonym: via-sacra

Further reading

• “via-crúcis”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• via-crúcis on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt