séquito
Portuguese
Noun
séquito m (plural séquitos)
- retinue; entourage (group of servants and followers)
Spanish
Etymology
From Medieval Latin sequitus (“retinue, escort”), from Old Italian seguito (“retinue, entourage, followers”), past participle of seguire (“to follow”), from Latin sequor (“to follow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsekito/ [ˈse.ki.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ekito
- Syllabification: sé‧qui‧to
Noun
séquito m (plural séquitos)
- entourage, retinue
- Synonym: cortejo
Further reading
- “séquito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014