procesión
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See also: procesion
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prōcessiōnem (“a marching forward, an advance”), in Late Latin "religious procession" (genitive singular prōcessiōnis), from prōcessus, perfect passive participle of prōcēdō (“move forward, advance, proceed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /pɾoθeˈsjon/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /pɾoseˈsjon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: pro‧ce‧sión
Noun
procesión f (plural procesiones)
- procession (act of progressing or proceeding)
- procession (group of people or things moving along in an orderly manner, especially religeous)
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Further reading
- “procesión”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16