cruzes
Portuguese, interjection/ˈkɾu.zis/
cruzes is spelled C-R-U-Z-E-S (6 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,843rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cruzes is a Portuguese interjection meaning “Jesus! (expression of unpleasant surprise)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of cruz.
What does cruzes mean in English?
interjection
- 1
Jesus! (expression of unpleasant surprise)
noun
- 1
plural of cruz
verb
- 1
second-person singular present subjunctive of cruzar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo negativo do verbo cruzar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cruzes
- cruzes! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cruzes?
- Brazil /ˈkɾu.zis/
- /ˈkɾu.ziʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cruzes
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cruzes in Portuguese?
cruzes appears 5.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).