peregrinação

/peɾeɡɾinaˈsɐ̃w/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain Religious Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: religious. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
as peregrinações

Meaning

  1. pilgrimage

    • Fez uma peregrinação.

      He went on a pilgrimage.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

romaria

romaria is more festive and communal, a pilgrimage festival with music and food; peregrinação is more solemn or personal, a spiritual pilgrimage journey.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

peregrinación

peregrinación is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "pilgrimage."

French

pèlerinage

pèlerinage is the French word for the same thing — both mean "pilgrimage."

Practice

1 What does peregrinação mean?

2 Fill the gap: Fez uma ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches peregrinação?

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