encrucijada

f.

1 crossroads.

en una encrucijada (singular)(figurative) at a crossroads

2 crossroad, intersection, crossway, crossroads.

The agency canceled the concert La agencia suspendió el concierto.

3 dilemma.

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encrucijada

► nombre femenino

1 crossroads, intersection

2 figurado crossroads

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar en la encrucijada figurado to be at crisis point

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noun f.

crossroads

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SF (=cruce) crossroads; (=empalme) intersection

poner a algn en la encrucijada — to put sb on the spot

estamos en la encrucijada — we are at a crossroads

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femenino crossroads

en la encrucijada del camino — at the crossroads

estoy en una encrucijada — I'm in a dilemma o a quandary

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= crossroads, fork in the road.

Ex. When George Washington was born, Junctionville was no more than a tiny crossroads settlement of 37 families.

Ex. The progress of education for librarianship and information studies has reached a fork in the road.

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* en una encrucijada = at a crossroads.

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femenino crossroads

en la encrucijada del camino — at the crossroads

estoy en una encrucijada — I'm in a dilemma o a quandary

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= crossroads, fork in the road.

Ex: When George Washington was born, Junctionville was no more than a tiny crossroads settlement of 37 families.

Ex: The progress of education for librarianship and information studies has reached a fork in the road.

* en una encrucijada = at a crossroads.

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encrucijada

feminine

1 (cruce) crossroads

en la encrucijada del camino at the crossroads

la ciudad es una encrucijada de razas y de religiones the city is a meeting point for all races and religions

2

(situación): el país ha llegado a una difícil encrucijada the country is at a difficult crossroads

estoy en una encrucijada I'm in a dilemma o a quandary

se vio en la encrucijada de elegir entre la familia y el trabajo she found herself faced with the dilemma o the difficult decision of choosing between her family and her work

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encrucijada sustantivo femenino
crossroads
'encrucijada' also found in these entries:
English:
crossroads
- spot
- cross

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encrucijada nf

1. [cruce]

una encrucijada (de caminos) a crossroads;

su narrativa es una encrucijada de varios estilos her writing brings together several different styles

2. [situación difícil]

estoy o [m5]me hallo en una encrucijada I'm in a quandary;

el proceso de paz se encuentra en una encrucijada the peace process has reached a crossroads

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encrucijada

f crossroads sg ; fig

dilemma;

estar en una encrucijada be in a dilemma; al tomar una decisión be at a crossroads

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encrucijada nf

: crossroads