cortege

[US]/kɔ:ˈteiʒ/
[UK]/kɔr'teʒ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. procesión, grupo de asistentes.
Word Forms
Pluralcorteges

Example Sentences

a cortege of mourners

una procesión de dolientes

Real-world Examples

Along the royal mile thousands waited to see the cortege.

A lo largo del Royal Mile, miles esperaron para ver la comitiva.

Source: VOA Standard English_Europe

In 2002, at 12.45 pm, a Lancaster bomber and two Spitfires flew over the cortege for his wife and dipped their wings.

En 2002, a las 12:45 pm, un bombardero Lancaster y dos Spitfires volaron sobre la comitiva para su esposa e inclinaron sus alas.

Source: The Guardian (Article Version)

His cortege travelled through the streets after the 60-year-old had been lying in state where thousands queued to file past his coffin.

Su comitiva viajó por las calles después de que el hombre de 60 años había estado tendido en estado donde miles hicieron cola para pasar junto a su ataúd.

Source: BBC World Headlines

She could not have conceivedof a more desolate cortege.

Ella no podría haber concebido una comitiva más desolada.

Source: One Hundred Years of Solitude

Knight and Stephen went outside, and came close to the procession as it moved off. A carriage belonging to the cortege turned round close to a lamp.

Knight y Stephen salieron y se acercaron a la procesión mientras se movía. Un carruaje perteneciente a la comitiva dio la vuelta cerca de una lámpara.

Source: A pair of blue eyes (Part 2)

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