How to Say ‘The Good Friday procession’ in Italian
La processione del Venerdì Santo
lah pro-chehs-SYOH-neh dehl veh-nehr-DEE SAHN-toh
[lah pro-chehs-SYOH-neh dehl veh-nehr-DEE SAHN-toh]
💬 Usage Tip: del is di "of" merged with il "the". Italian always fuses these two words, so you'll never see di il.
Phrase Breakdown
La processione
lah pro-chehs-SYOH-neh
The procession
Keep the article with its noun. Stress 'pro-ces-SIO-ne'. The 'ss' is a long, sharp 's'.
La processione passa di qui.
The procession passes through here.
Words in this phrase
La
[lah]
the
The feminine singular definite article, used before nouns like 'cultura.'
"La" cultura di questa impresa mi interessa molto.
"The" culture of this company interests me a lot.
processione
[pro-chehs-SYOH-neh]
procession
A religious parade through the streets, typical during Holy Week.
La processione passa per il centro.
The procession passes through the center.
del Venerdì Santo
dehl veh-nehr-DEE SAHN-toh
of Good Friday
'Venerdì Santo' means 'Holy Friday', which is Good Friday. Stress the final 'ì' in 've-ner-DÌ' and say 'SAN-to'.
Il Venerdì Santo è un giorno speciale.
Good Friday is a special day.
Words in this phrase
del
[dehl]
of the
A contraction of the preposition 'di' and the article 'il', similar to 'of the'.
Il titolo del libro è lungo.
The book's title is long.
Venerdì
[veh-nehr-DEE]
Friday
Fifth day of the week, named after Venus.
Venerdì sera esco con gli amici.
Friday evening I go out with friends.
Santo
[SAHN-toh]
Holy
Adjective meaning holy or saint; 'Venerdì Santo' is Good Friday.
La Settimana Santa è molto sentita.
Holy Week is deeply felt.
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