calvário

See also: calvario and Calvario

Galician

Noun

calvário m (plural calvários, reintegrationist norm)

reintegrationist spelling of calvario

References

“calvário” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin calvāria (literally “skull”), a calque of Ancient Greek Γολγοθᾶ (Golgothâ), from Aramaic גּוּלְגּוּלְתָּא (gulgultā).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kawˈva.ɾi.u/ [kaʊ̯ˈva.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /kawˈva.ɾju/ [kaʊ̯ˈva.ɾju]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kawˈva.ɾi.o/ [kaʊ̯ˈva.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /kawˈva.ɾjo/ [kaʊ̯ˈva.ɾjo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kalˈva.ɾju/ [kaɫˈva.ɾju]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kalˈba.ɾju/ [kaɫˈβa.ɾju]

Hyphenation: cal‧vá‧ri‧o

Noun

calvário m (plural calvários)

calvary (representation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ)
(figuratively) calvary; ordeal (a painful or trying experience)

Further reading

“calvário” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“calvário”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
“calvário”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025