| Principal Translations |
| cruzar⇒ vtr | (poner encima en forma de cruz) (limbs, fingers) | cross⇒ vtr |
| | (arms) | fold⇒ vtr |
| | Cruza los dedos para tener buena suerte. |
| | Cross your fingers for luck. |
| cruzar vtr | (atravesar, pasar por) | cross⇒ vtr |
| | | go across, go through vi + prep |
| | (formal) | traverse⇒ vtr |
| | (passageway, tunnel) | go through vi + prep |
| | Crucé la calle sin mirar. |
| | I crossed the street without looking. |
| cruzar vtr | (intercambiar: gestos, palabras) (words, looks) | exchange⇒ vtr |
| | | eyes meet v expr |
| | Cruzamos miradas durante toda la fiesta pero nunca hablamos. |
| | We exchanged glances during the party, but never really talked. |
| cruzar vtr | (aparear) | cross⇒, crossbreed⇒ vtr |
| | | breed⇒ vtr |
| | (animals) | mate⇒ vtr |
| | He cruzado mi gato persa con una gata siamesa. |
| | I've crossed (or: crossbred) my Persian with a Siamese. |
| cruzar vtr | (rayar cheques) (UK) | cross⇒ vtr |
| | (US) | mark with two parallel diagonal lines v expr |
| | Cruza siempre los cheques, que no pueda cobrarlos nadie más que tú. |
| | You should always cross your cheques - that way no-one but you can cash them. |
| cruzarse⇒ v prnl | (pasar en direcciones opuestas) | cross paths vtr + npl |
| | | go past one another v expr |
| | Mi vecino y yo nos cruzamos todos los días cuando salimos para el trabajo. |
| | My neighbor and I cross paths every day when we head off to work. |
| cruzarse con v prnl + prep | (encontrarse por casualidad) | bump into vtr phrasal insep |
| | | run into vtr phrasal insep |
| | Hoy me crucé con Juan en el supermercado. |
| | I bumped into John in the supermarket today. |
Compound Forms:
cruzar | cruza |
| cruzar el charco loc verb | coloquial, figurado (atravesar el océano) | cross the ocean vtr + n |
| | (informal: UK to USA) | cross the pond vtr + n |
| Note: Especialmente el Atlántico. |
| | Crucé el charco por amor y me fui a vivir de Argentina a Inglaterra. |
| | I crossed the ocean for love and left from Argentina to live in England. |
| cruzar la calle loc verb | (pasar al otro lado) | cross the street v expr |
| | Los niños cruzaron la calle tomados de las manos. |
| | The children crossed the street holding hands. |
| cruzar la entrada loc verb | (llegar a un poblado) (in town, settlement) | arrive⇒ vi |
| | (town, settlement) | enter⇒ vtr |
| | Al amanecer, lo viajeros cruzaron la entrada del pueblo. |
| | The travellers arrived in the village at dawn. |
| cruzar la entrada loc verb | (entrar a una casa) (house) | enter⇒ vi |
| | | step inside vi + prep |
| | (at house) | arrive⇒ vi |
| | Los invitados cruzaron la entrada y pasaron a la cocina. |
| | The guests entered and went into the kitchen. |
| cruzar la mirada con alguien loc verb | (contacto visual) | make eye contact with [sb] v expr |
| | Pedro cruzó la mirada con Laura. |
| | Pedro made eye contact with Laura. |
| cruzar las piernas loc verb | (forma de sentarse) | cross your legs v expr |
| | Si usas falda, debes cruzar las piernas para sentarte. |
| | If you wear a skirt, you should cross your legs to sit down. |
| cruzar los dedos loc verb | coloquial (para la buena suerte) | cross your fingers v expr |
| | Cruzamos los dedos mientras esperábamos los resultados del examen. |
| | We crossed our fingers while we waited for the test results. |
| cruzar los límites loc verb | (extralimitarse) | overstep the mark v expr |
| | | overstep the bounds v expr |
| | Boris cruzó los límites y sus padres lo castigaron. |
| | Boris overstepped the mark and was punished by his parents. |
| cruzar miradas loc verb | (verse a los ojos) | lay eyes on, clap eyes on v expr |
| | | make eye contact v expr |
| | | exchange glances vtr + npl |
| | Los adolescentes cruzaron miradas en el centro comercial. |
| | The teenagers laid eyes on each other in the mall. |
| cruzar un puente loc verb | (atravesar al otro lado) | cross a bridge vtr + n |
| | Cruzamos el puente para ir al lado oeste de la ciudad. |
| | We crossed the bridge to go to the eastern side of the city. |
| cruzar un río loc verb | (pasar al otro lado) | cross a river, ford a river vtr + n |
| | Tienes que cruzar un río para llegar al pueblo. |
| cruzar unas palabras loc verb | (hablar con alguien) | exchange words v expr |
| mirar a ambos lados antes de cruzar expr | (comprobar el tráfico) (street, railroad tracks) | look both ways before crossing, check both ways before crossing v expr |
| | La madre le enseñó a su hijo a mirar a ambos lados antes de cruzar la calle. |
| | The mother taught her child to look both ways before crossing the road. |