ceremonia

/θeɾeˈmonja/ · B1 · noun · f

ceremony

💒 Same Latin root as English ceremony: caerimonia, a sacred rite

Spanish keeps the Latin word almost untouched: caerimonia became ceremonia. Stress falls on -mo-: ce-re-MO-nia. In Spain the c sounds like th, so it opens like the th in theatre.

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