pasear

Borrowed from Spanish pasear (first attested in 1812). With the meaning 'to execute', attested since the Spanish Civil war (Fascist execution squads used to tell their victims that they were going to take a walk together).

• IPA^(key): /paseˈaɾ/ [pa.s̺eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

pasear (first-person singular present paseo, first-person singular preterite paseei, past participle paseado)

1. (intransitive) to take a walk
2. (transitive) to walk (a dog, etc.)
3. (transitive, idiomatic) to execute

   Aquela tarde pasearon o seu avó

   That evening they executed their grandfather

• “pasear”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pasear”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pasear”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pasear”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From paso (“step”) +‎ -ear.

• IPA^(key): /paseˈaɾ/ [pa.seˈaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pa‧se‧ar

pasear (first-person singular present paseo, first-person singular preterite paseé, past participle paseado)

1. (intransitive) to stroll, to saunter, to promenade
2. (intransitive) to walk, to take a walk
3. (intransitive) to ride, to go for a ride (e.g. on an animal, in a car, in a hot air balloon)
4. (transitive) to walk (e.g. a dog)
5. (reflexive) to take a walk
6. (reflexive) to loiter
7. (reflexive) to stroll

• → Tagalog: pasyal
  • → Tausug: pasiyal

• “pasear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024