séquito

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sé‧qui‧to

Noun

séquito m (plural séquitos)

  1. retinue; entourage (group of servants and followers)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sequitus (“retinue, escort”), from Old Italian seguito (“retinue, entourage, followers”), past participle of seguire (“to follow”), from Latin sequor (“to follow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsekito/
  • Rhymes: -ekito
  • Syllabification: sé‧qui‧to

Noun

séquito m (plural séquitos)

  1. entourage, retinue
    Synonym: cortejo

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