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viacrucis

Spanish, noun

viacrucis is spelled V-I-A-C-R-U-C-I-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 55,445th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Viacrucis is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of vía crucis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, víacrucis is a different word: “Way of the Cross”.

What does viacrucis mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinealternative spelling of vía crucis

noun

as víacrucis
  1. 1

    masculineWay of the Cross

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Antiguo ritual que realizan los católicos para recrear y rememorar el proceso de crucifixión de Cristo, en donde se contemplan 14 estaciones que representan los momentos más significativos desde la condena hasta el sepulcro.

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 viacrucis

  • vía crucis alternative
  • viacrucis alternative
  • vía-crucis alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to viacrucis

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is viacrucis in Spanish?

viacrucis appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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