calvária

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin calvāria (“skull”). Doublet of caveira.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kawˈva.ɾi.ɐ/ [kaʊ̯ˈva.ɾɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /kawˈva.ɾjɐ/ [kaʊ̯ˈva.ɾjɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kawˈva.ɾi.a/ [kaʊ̯ˈva.ɾɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /kawˈva.ɾja/ [kaʊ̯ˈva.ɾja]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kalˈva.ɾjɐ/ [kaɫˈva.ɾjɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kalˈba.ɾjɐ/ [kaɫˈβa.ɾjɐ]

Noun

calvária f (plural calvárias)

(anatomy) calvaria (top of the skull)
Synonym: abóbada craniana

Further reading

“calvária”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“calvária”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026