cruzar
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
cruzar (first-person singular present cruzo, first-person singular preterite cruzei, past participle cruzado)
- to cross (all senses)
- Eles cruzaram o rio nadando. ― They swam across the river.
- (reflexive) to intersect
- As linhas paralelas não se cruzam. ― Parallel lines do not intersect each other.
- (reflexive) to meet (cross paths)
- Tom geralmente se cruza com Maria no supermercado. ― Tom often runs into Mary at the supermarket.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of cruzar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From cruz + -ar. Compare Portuguese cruzar, French croiser.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kɾuˈθaɾ/ [kɾuˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /kɾuˈsaɾ/ [kɾuˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: cru‧zar
Verb edit
cruzar (first-person singular present cruzo, first-person singular preterite crucé, past participle cruzado)
- to cross (including of legs)
- to exchange (words)
- to fold (arms)
- to crossbreed
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of cruzar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | cruzar | ||||||
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gerund | cruzando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | cruzado | cruzada | |||||
plural | cruzados | cruzadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cruzo | cruzastú cruzásvos |
cruza | cruzamos | cruzáis | cruzan | |
imperfect | cruzaba | cruzabas | cruzaba | cruzábamos | cruzabais | cruzaban | |
preterite | crucé | cruzaste | cruzó | cruzamos | cruzasteis | cruzaron | |
future | cruzaré | cruzarás | cruzará | cruzaremos | cruzaréis | cruzarán | |
conditional | cruzaría | cruzarías | cruzaría | cruzaríamos | cruzaríais | cruzarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cruce | crucestú crucésvos2 |
cruce | crucemos | crucéis | crucen | |
imperfect (ra) |
cruzara | cruzaras | cruzara | cruzáramos | cruzarais | cruzaran | |
imperfect (se) |
cruzase | cruzases | cruzase | cruzásemos | cruzaseis | cruzasen | |
future1 | cruzare | cruzares | cruzare | cruzáremos | cruzareis | cruzaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | cruzatú cruzávos |
cruce | crucemos | cruzad | crucen | ||
negative | no cruces | no cruce | no crucemos | no crucéis | no crucen |
Selected combined forms of cruzar (c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “cruzar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014