séquito

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ki.tu/

• Hyphenation: sé‧qui‧to

Noun

séquito m (plural séquitos)

1. retinue; entourage (group of servants and followers)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed 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)

1. entourage, retinue

   Synonym: cortejo

Further reading

• “séquito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014