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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10