passo

passo

See also: passò

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

passo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of passar

Galician

Verb

passo

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of passar

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpas.so/
  • Rhymes: -asso
  • Hyphenation: pàs‧so

Etymology 1

    From Latin passus (a step).

    Noun

    passo m (plural passi)

    1. footstep (sound)
    2. footprint
    3. step
    4. pace
    5. passage (of text)
    6. (film) gauge (film size)
    7. pitch (distance between evenly spaced objects)
    8. wheelbase
    9. mountain pass
    10. (mechanics) backlash
    Derived terms

    Verb

    passo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of passare

    Etymology 2

      From Latin passus (dried).

      Adjective

      passo (feminine passa, masculine plural passi, feminine plural passe)

      1. dried
      Derived terms

      Anagrams

      Latin

      Participle

      passō

      1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of passus

      References

      Old Spanish

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

        Inherited from Latin passus (step, pace). Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese passo and Old French pas.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈpaso/

        Noun

        passo m (plural passos)

        1. step (advance or movement made from one foot to the other; pace)

        Descendants

        • Ladino: paso / פאס
        • Spanish: paso (see there for further descendants)

        References

        • passo”, in Diccionario del español medieval electrónico [Electronic Dictionary of Medieval Spanish] (in Spanish, English, and German), Rostock University and Paderborn University, 2022–present
        • Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “passo”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 383

        Pali

        Alternative forms

        Noun

        passo

        1. nominative singular of passa (one who sees)

        Noun

        passo

        1. nominative singular of passa (flank)

        Portuguese

        Pronunciation

         

        • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): [ˈpa.s̺u]
        • Audio (Portugal (Porto)):(file)
        • Rhymes: -asu
        • Homophone: paço
        • Hyphenation: pas‧so

        Etymology 1

        From Old Galician-Portuguese passo, from Latin passus. Cognate with Catalan pas and Galician and Spanish paso.

        Noun

        passo m (plural passos)

        1. step; footstep; pace (movement made from one foot to the other)
          Synonym: passada
        2. (historical, measure) Portuguese pace, a former unit of length equivalent to about 1.6 m
        3. step (very short distance)
        4. step; footstep (sound produced by stepping on the ground)
        5. (chiefly military, except in set phrases) pace (manner or speed of walking or marching)
          Synonym: andamento
        6. pace (the speed of a process)
        7. (dance) the movements associated with a dance style
        8. step; stage; phase (distinct part of a process or protocol)
          Synonyms: estágio, fase
        9. (figurative) step (an attempt in dealing with something)
        10. (geography) pass (narrow passage or channel between geographical features)
          Synonym: garganta
        11. (mechanical engineering) pitch (distance between a gear’s teeth)
        12. (mechanical engineering) pitch (distance between a screws’s threads)
        Coordinate terms
        • (unit of length): (15 passo), côvado (25 passo), vara (23 passo), toesa (1+15 passo), braça (1+13 passo)
        See also

        Etymology 2

        Verb

        passo

        1. first-person singular present indicative of passar

        Further reading

        Spanish

        Verb

        passo

        1. first-person singular present indicative of passar