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Procesiones vs pasos
HOw can we say procesiones y pasos en inglés?
En las procesiones se llevan pasos. Son las procesiones de Semana Santa. |
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Procession. Para "paso" mi diccionario dice "float", pero no estoy convencido. ¿Un paso es esto?
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what about religiuous parade. I heard it on TV the other day.
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A procession is a group of people moving along in an orderly, formal way. A religious procession more clearly defines the reason for the procession.
'Religious parade' is used, but I've not personally heard it. |
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Paso = passage Although I have never heard of anything like this. Not even anything of that sort been done in Philadelphia, N.Y or Boston... Last edited by chileno; April 16, 2010 at 10:42 PM. |
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119313/plotsummary Unless, of course, in Spanish paso is only used in the context of religious parades...
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A "float" as a vehicle (usually a flat-bed lorry) decorated for a procession is common in en-gb too, but from context I didn't think this is what Robin meant by "paso". Hence my question (which no-one has answered yet). |
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Yes. Un paso in a Spanish Easter procession is exactly what your picture reflects.
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No conozco una palabra inglesa. "At Easter they parade statues of saints through the city". "There are processions of people carrying statues of saints".
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I see people "passing" and a "float" Which represents "paso"? People passing, the float or the whole picture? |
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