crossroads

cross·road  (krôsrd, krs-)

n.

1. A road that intersects another road.

2. crossroads (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

a. A place where two or more roads meet.

b. A small, usually rural community situated at an intersection of two or more roads: asked for directions at a remote crossroads.

c. A place that is centrally located.

d. A crucial point. See Synonyms at crisis.

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crossroads

Noun

1. the point at which roads cross one another

2. at the crossroads at the point at which an important choice has to be made

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crossroads - a community of people smaller than a village hamlet community - a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community"
	2.	crossroads - a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made; "at that juncture he had no idea what to do"; "he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point" critical point, juncture crisis - an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty; "they went bankrupt during the economic crisis" criticality - a critical state; especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining
	3.	crossroads - a point where a choice must be made; "Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology" overlap, convergence, intersection - a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena; "there was no overlap between their proposals"

Translations

crossroads [ˈkrɔsrəudz] nsg → cruce m;

(fig) → encrucijada

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crossroads [ˈkrɔsrəudz] cross n → carrefour m

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crossroads [ˈkrɔsrəudz] cross n → Kreuzung f

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crossroads [ˈkrɔsrəudz] n → incrocio