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cruzar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • breed verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
  • cross noun A shape formed by two intersecting lines, or an upright post with a crossbar, especially as a religious symbol.

Senses

cruzar is used for these senses in English:

  • cross To place across or athwart; to cause to intersect.
  • cross (football) To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.
  • crossbreed (intransitive) To mate so as to produce a hybrid; interbreed.

breed — full definition

  1. verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
  2. verb To keep and mate animals deliberately, aiming to produce specific traits in their offspring.
  3. verb To cause or lead to something, especially something negative, over time.
  4. noun A particular type of animal (or occasionally plant) within a species, produced through selective mating.

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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