crucero

cruise (ship voyage)

noun kroo-SEH-roh Rare

Origin: From 'cruzar' (to cross), from Latin 'cruciare', from 'crux' (cross).

Also means

crossroads, cruise ship

Usage Note

Crucero primarily means a cruise holiday (hacer un crucero, to go on a cruise) or the large ship itself. It also means a road intersection or crossroads, a cruiser warship, and architecturally the transept of a church. The travel sense is by far the most common in everyday speech today. Do not confuse with crucigrama (crossword puzzle), which shares the same 'cross' root.

Examples

"Pasaron sus vacaciones en un crucero por el Mediterráneo."

Natural Translation

They spent their holiday on a Mediterranean cruise.

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