cruzada

== Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === From cruz + -ada. ==== Noun ==== cruzada f (plural cruzadas) crusade (any of several military expeditions by European Christians against Muslims and Pagan) ===== Related terms ===== cruzado === Etymology 2 === From the verb cruzar (“cross”). ==== Adjective ==== cruzada f sg feminine singular of cruzado ==== Participle ==== cruzada f sg feminine singular of cruzado === Further reading === “cruzada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cruzada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɾuˈθada/ [kɾuˈθa.ð̞a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /kɾuˈsada/ [kɾuˈsa.ð̞a] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -ada Syllabification: cru‧za‧da === Etymology 1 === 14th century, from cruz +‎ -ada. Compare Portuguese cruzada, Old Occitan crozata, French croisade, Italian crociata; cf. also Medieval Latin cruciāta. ==== Noun ==== cruzada f (plural cruzadas) crusade ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== cruzada f sg feminine singular of cruzado ==== Participle ==== cruzada f sg feminine singular of cruzado === Further reading === “cruzada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025