Polyglot Dictionary

procissão

/pɾosiˈsɐ̃w/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as procissões

Meaning

  1. procession

    • A procissão passou.

      The procession passed.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

cortejo

cortejo is more general, a procession, like a funeral cortège or wedding procession; procissão is more specifically religious.

Similar in other languages

German

Prozession

Prozession is the German word for the same thing — both mean "procession."

Spanish

procesión

procesión is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "procession."

Practice

1 What does procissão mean?

2 Fill the gap: A ___ passou.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches procissão?

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