procissão

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese procisson, precisson, semi-learned borrowing from Latin processiōnem (“march, religious procession”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.siˈsɐ̃w̃/ [pɾo.siˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.siˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: pro‧cis‧são

Noun

procissão f (plural procissões)

2. procession (orderly, solemn advance of people; usually of a religious nature)