calvario

See also: Calvario and calvário

Galician

A calvario at Baamonde, Galicia

Etymology

From Late Latin calvāria (“skull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalˈβaɾjo̝/

Noun

calvario m (plural calvarios)

1. calvary (a representation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on a piece of raised ground)
2. calvary (a series of representations of Christ’s Passion in a church)
3. Via Crucis
4. (by extension, figuratively) calvary (a strenuous experience)

   Synonyms: suplicio, viacrucis

Derived terms

• Calvario

References

• “calvario” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “calvario” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “calvario” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “calvario” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “calvario” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin calvāria (“skull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalˈva.rjo/
• Rhymes: -arjo
• Syllabification: cal‧và‧rio

Noun

calvario m (plural calvari)

1. calvary (all senses)

Anagrams

• arcavoli, arvicola, ciarlavo, ricalavo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calvarium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalˈbaɾjo/ [kalˈβ̞a.ɾjo]
• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Syllabification: cal‧va‧rio

Noun

calvario m (plural calvarios)

1. calvary
   • 1903, Amalia Domingo Soler, “Una pequeña historia”, in Ramos de violetas:

     la cruz del matrimonio es el calvario que Dios ha dado á la mujer y al hombre.

     the cross of wedlock is a calvary that God gave unto the woman and the man

2. ordeal
   • 2015, Tomás Eloy Martínez, Ciertas maneras de no hacer nada:

     Un hermano mío salió de bachiller en ciencias […] y pasó un calvario para conseguir cupo en la universidad: todavía no lo tiene.

     One of my brothers came out of high school with science diplomas […] he went through an ordeal to get a spot at university: he still hasn't got one.

3. area outside of a settlement abundant in crosses
4. debt chart, spreadsheet
5. (obsolete) ossuary
6. skullcap

Descendants

• → Cebuano: kalbaryo
• → Tagalog: kalbaryo

Further reading

• “calvario”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014