# calvario
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* calvário (reintegrationist)

### Etymology

From Late Latin calvāria (“skull”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kalˈbaɾjo/ [kɑlˈβ̞a.ɾjʊ]
* Rhymes: -aɾjo
* Hyphenation: cal‧va‧rio

### Noun

calvario m (plural calvarios)
* calvary (a representation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on a piece of raised ground)
* calvary (a series of representations of Christ’s Passion in a church)
* Via Crucis
* (by extension, figuratively) calvary (a strenuous experience)
    Synonyms: suplicio, viacrucis

#### Derived terms

* Calvario

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “calvario”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “calvario”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “calvario”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “calvario”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “calvario”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* “calvario”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Italian
### Etymology

From Late Latin calvāria (“skull”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kalˈva.rjo/
* Rhymes: -arjo
* Hyphenation: cal‧và‧rio

### Noun

calvario m (plural calvari)
* calvary (all senses)

### Anagrams

* arcavoli, arvicola, ciarlavo, ricalavo

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin calvārium.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kalˈbaɾjo/ [kalˈβ̞a.ɾjo]
* Rhymes: -aɾjo
* Syllabification: cal‧va‧rio

### Noun

calvario m (plural calvarios)
* calvary
** 1903, Amalia Domingo Soler, “Una pequeña historia”, in Ramos de violetas:la cruz del matrimonio es el calvario que Dios ha dado á la mujer y al hombre.the cross of wedlock is a calvary that God gave unto the woman and the man
* ordeal
    Synonym: ordalía
** 1996, Antti Tuuri (original), Úrsula Ojanen, Joaquín Fernández (translators), (Please provide the book title or journal name):Dijo Tania que cuando llegara el otoño trasladarían a la abuela al asilo de ancianos, ya que el invierno pasado había sido un calvario cuidarla, puesto que la casita no mantenía el calor suficiente […](please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2015, Tomás Eloy Martínez, Ciertas maneras de no hacer nada:Un hermano mío salió de bachiller en ciencias […] y pasó un calvario para conseguir cupo en la universidad: todavía no lo tiene.One of my brothers came out of high school with science diplomas […] he went through an ordeal to get a spot at university: he still hasn't got one.
* area outside of a settlement abundant in crosses
* debt chart, spreadsheet
* skullcap
* (obsolete) ossuary
    Synonym: osario

#### Descendants

* → Cebuano: kalbaryo
* → Tagalog: kalbaryo

### Further reading

* “calvario”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10