encrucijada
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enkɾuθiˈxada/ [ẽŋ.kɾu.θiˈxa.ð̞a] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /enkɾusiˈxada/ [ẽŋ.kɾu.siˈxa.ð̞a] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: en‧cru‧ci‧ja‧da
Noun
encrucijada f (plural encrucijadas)
- crossroads
- Synonym: cruce
- (figurative) crossroads
- Están en una encrucijada.
- They are at a crossroads.
Further reading
- “encrucijada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025