No. 3,362 in Spanish
cruzar
To cross.
In a sentence
Necesitamos cruzar la calle para llegar al parque.
We need to cross the street to get to the park.
In this sentence, 'cruzar' is used in its literal meaning of 'crossing', referring to moving or passing from one side of the street to the other.
Una idea se me cruzó por la mente.
An idea crossed my mind.
'Cruzar' here is used figuratively, meaning that the thought appeared or traversed within the speaker's mind.
Los caminos de ambos se cruzaron inesperadamente.
The paths of both crossed unexpectedly.
In this instance, 'cruzar' is used metaphorically to indicate that two people's lives or paths intersected or encountered each other.
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