procesión
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): /pɾoθeˈsjon/ [pɾo.θeˈsjõn] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /pɾoseˈsjon/ [pɾo.seˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
- 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 religious)
Derived terms
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Further reading
- “procesión”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024