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cruzamento — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • circus noun A travelling show featuring acrobats, clowns, and trained animals, traditionally performed in a large tent.
  • cross noun A shape formed by two intersecting lines, or an upright post with a crossbar, especially as a religious symbol.
  • crossing noun A place where a road, river, or railway can be crossed.
  • crossroads noun A place where two or more roads meet.
  • hub noun The central part of a wheel, around which it turns.

Senses

cruzamento is used for these senses in English:

  • circus A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet.
  • cross (football) A pass in which the ball is kicked from a side of the pitch to a position close to the opponent’s goal.
  • crossbreeding The process or the result of crossbreeding.
  • crossing An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.
  • crossing A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.
  • crossroads (figuratively, by analogy) A decision point; a turning point or opportunity to change a direction, a course, or a goal.
  • hub A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed, or diverted.
  • portmanteau word (linguistics) A word which combines the meaning of two words (or, rarely, more than two words), formed by combining the words, usually, but not always, by adjoining the first part of one word and the last part of the other, the adjoining parts often having a common vowel.

circus — full definition

  1. noun A travelling show featuring acrobats, clowns, and trained animals, traditionally performed in a large tent.
  2. noun A chaotic, noisy, or ridiculous situation.
  3. noun A round open space in a town where several streets converge, especially in Britain.

cross — full definition

  1. noun A shape formed by two intersecting lines, or an upright post with a crossbar, especially as a religious symbol.
  2. verb To go from one side of something to the other.
  3. adj Annoyed or bad-tempered.

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