cruzar

From cruz (“cross”) +‎ -ar.

cruzar (first-person singular present cruzo, first-person singular preterite cruzei, past participle cruzado)

1. to cross (all senses)

   Eles cruzaram o rio nadando. ― They swam across the river.

2. (reflexive) to intersect

   As linhas paralelas não se cruzam. ― Parallel lines do not intersect each other.

3. (reflexive) to meet (cross paths)

   Tom geralmente se cruza com Maria no supermercado. ― Tom often runs into Mary at the supermarket.

• cruzamento

• “cruzar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

From cruz +‎ -ar. Compare Portuguese cruzar, French croiser.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kɾuˈθaɾ/ [kɾuˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kɾuˈsaɾ/ [kɾuˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cru‧zar

cruzar (first-person singular present cruzo, first-person singular preterite crucé, past participle cruzado)

1. to cross (including of legs)
2. to exchange (words)
3. to fold (arms)
4. to crossbreed

• “cruzar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28