cruzar
Spanish, verb/kɾuˈθaɾ/
cruzar is spelled C-R-U-Z-A-R (6 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,231st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cruzar is a Spanish verb meaning “to cross (including of legs)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pasar por un sitio atravesándolo”.
What does cruzar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cross (including of legs)
- 2
to exchange (words)
- 3
to fold (arms)
- 4
to crossbreed
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Pasar por un sitio atravesándolo. 2. Hacer que se aparee un animal con otro, en particular cuando poseen de diferentes características. 3. Hacer surcos o cortes en el terreno en sentido perpendicular a los anteriores.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cruzar
- cruzo first-person present singular
- crucé first-person preterite singular
- cruzado participle past
- c-z alternation
- cruzando gerund
- cruzada feminine participle past
- cruzados masculine participle past
- cruzadas feminine participle past
- cruzas indicative informal present
- cruzás indicative informal present
- cruza indicative present singular
- cruzamos first-person indicative plural
- cruzáis indicative plural present
- cruzan indicative plural present
- cruzaba first-person imperfect indicative
- cruzabas imperfect indicative second-person
- cruzábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- cruzabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cruzar?
- /kɾuˈθaɾ/
- [kɾuˈθaɾ]
- /kɾuˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cruzar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cruzar in Spanish?
cruzar appears 19 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).