cruz

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cross

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cruz
feminine noun
1cross (forma)
  • con los brazos en cruz -> with one's arms stretched out to the sides
  • hacerse cruces (informal) -> to be baffled o astounded
  • hacer cruz y raya (informal) -> to break off relations
  • cruz gamada -> swastika
  • cruz de Malta -> Maltese cross
  • la cruz Roja -> the Red Cross
2tails (de una moneda) (singular)
3burden, torment (aflicción)
  • ¡qué cruz! (singular) -> what a life!

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cruz [crooth]
noun
1Cross. (f)
2Cross, a line drawn through another. (f)
3The sign of the cross, the ensign of the Christian religion. (f)
4Cross, the badge of some military order. (f)
5Cross, trial of patience, anything that thwarts; toil, trouble, vexation. (f)
6Withers, the upper juncture of the shoulder bone in beasts. (f)
7Dagger, in printing; obelisk. (f)
  • Cruz y botón -> (Naut.) Frapping, the crossing and drawing together the several parts of a tackle
  • Cruz Roja -> Red Cross; en cruz, cross-shaped
  • Firmar con una cruz -> to make one’s mark
  • Con los brazos en cruz -> with arms crossed

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cruz
sustantivo:femenino
1 (figura) cross
en cruzen cross-shaped
Constan de dos transistores conectados en cruz formando dos pasos inversores
coloque los dos palos en cruz put the two sticks in a cross-shape in the shape of a cross;o con los brazos en cruz with one's arms outstretched
firmar con una cruzfirmar to make one's mark
hacerse cruceshacerse to cross o.s.
se hacía cruces cada vez que oía una palabrota he crossed himself every time he heard a swearword
cargar la cruz (México) (familiar) to have a hangover
¡cruz y raya! that's quite enough!; no more!
a partir de ahora, a los Pérez, ¡cruz y raya! that's it, I'm through with the Pérez family! I've had it with the Pérez family!;o
por estas que son cruces by all that is holy
quedar en cruz to be in an agonizing situation
cruz de hierro iron cross
Cruz del Sur Southern Cross
cruz de Malta Maltese Cross
cruz de mayo (Latinoamérica)cruz gamada swastika
cruz griega Greek cross
cruz latina Latin cross
Cruz Roja Red Cross
2 (suplicio)
¡qué cruz tengo con estos hijos! these kids of mine are a nightmare!; (familiar) cada uno lleva su cruz each of us has his cross to bear
3 [de espada] hilt; [de ancla] crown; (Tipografía) dagger;
4 [de moneda] tails
¿cara o cruz? heads or tails?
5 (Zoología) withers; (p)

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