via-crúcis

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Hyphenation: vi‧a‧-crú‧cis

Noun

via-crúcis f (plural vias-crúcis)

Via Crucis (arduous experience)
Synonym: via-sacra

Further reading

“via-crúcis”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“via-crúcis”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
via-crúcis on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt