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cruzado, el cruzado(
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)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
1. (overlapped)
a. crossed
El gorila estaba con los brazos cruzados en la puerta y no dejaba entrar a nadie.The bouncer stood in front of the door with his arms crossed and wouldn't let anybody in.
2. (crossways)
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
Nuria vio a su hija cruzada sobre la cama y la tapó con una manta para que durmiera tranquila.Nuria saw her daughter lying across the bed and covered her with a blanket so she could sleep peacefully.
El tren no pudo pasar por culpa de un árbol cruzado en la vía.The train couldn't pass because of a tree blocking the line.
3. (clothing)
a. double-breasted
A mi chaqueta cruzada se le cayó uno de los botones.One of the buttons on my double-breasted jacket popped off.
4. (biology)
a. crossbred
Los caballos cruzados eran utilizados como animales de tiro.Crossbred horses were used as draft animals.
5. (finance)
a. crossed
Deposité el cheque cruzado en mi cuenta bancaria.I deposited the crossed check into my bank account.
6. (colloquial) (very angry) (Peru) (River Plate) (Spain)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Peru
Regionalism used in Spain
a. hopping mad (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Perdón por haberte gritado hoy, es que venía cruzado.Sorry that I screamed at you today, but I was just hopping mad.
A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
7. (military)
a. crusader
A mi hijo le encanta montar batallas con sus figuras de caballeros y cruzados.My son loves staging battles with his toy knights and crusaders.
a. cruzado
En mi colección de monedas tengo cruzados brasileños y australes argentinos.In my coin collection, I have Brazilian cruzados and Argentinean australs.
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