Polyglot Dictionary

peregrinación

/peɾeɣɾinaˈsjon/

la noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain Religious Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
peregrinaciones

Meaning

  1. pilgrimage

    • Hicieron una peregrinación.

      They went on a pilgrimage.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

romería

romería is specifically a pilgrimage festival, with a festive, communal aspect; peregrinación is more general, a solemn pilgrimage.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

peregrinação

peregrinação is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "pilgrimage."

Portuguese

romaria

romaria is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "pilgrimage."

Practice

1 What does peregrinación mean?

2 Fill the gap: Hicieron una ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches peregrinación?

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