passo
See also: passò
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
passo
- first-person singular present indicative of passar
Galician
Verb
passo
- (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of passar
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpas.so/
- Rhymes: -asso
- Hyphenation: pàs‧so
Etymology 1
Noun
passo m (plural passi)
- footstep (sound)
- footprint
- step
- pace
- passage (of text)
- (film) gauge (film size)
- pitch (distance between evenly spaced objects)
- wheelbase
- mountain pass
- (mechanics) backlash
Derived terms
- a passo d'uomo
- aprirsi un passo
- dare il passo
- due passi (“short distance”)
- essere di passo
- lasciare libero il passo
- passo carrabile
- passo carraio
- passo estremo
- trapasso
Verb
passo
- first-person singular present indicative of passare
Etymology 2
Adjective
passo (feminine passa, masculine plural passi, feminine plural passe)
Derived terms
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
passō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of passus
References
- "passo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- 𑀧𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁄 (Brahmi script)
- पस्सो (Devanagari script)
- পস্সো (Bengali script)
- පස්සො (Sinhalese script)
- ပဿော or ပသ်သေႃ (Burmese script)
- ปสฺโส or ปัสโส (Thai script)
- ᨷᩔᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ປສ຺ໂສ or ປັສໂສ (Lao script)
- បស្សោ (Khmer script)
- 𑄛𑄥𑄴𑄥𑄮 (Chakma script)
Noun
passo
- nominative singular of passa (“one who sees”)
Noun
passo
- nominative singular of passa (“flank”)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpa.su/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): [ˈpa.s̺u]
- 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)
- step; footstep; pace (movement made from one foot to the other)
- Synonym: passada
- (historical, measure) Portuguese pace, a former unit of length equivalent to about 1.6 m
- step (very short distance)
- step; footstep (sound produced by stepping on the ground)
- (chiefly military, except in set phrases) pace (manner or speed of walking or marching)
- Synonym: andamento
- pace (the speed of a process)
- (dance) the movements associated with a dance style
- step; stage; phase (distinct part of a process or protocol)
- (figurative) step (an attempt in dealing with something)
- (geography) pass (narrow passage or channel between geographical features)
- Synonym: garganta
- (mechanical engineering) pitch (distance between a gear’s teeth)
- (mechanical engineering) pitch (distance between a screws’s threads)
Coordinate terms
- (unit of length): pé (1⁄5 passo), côvado (2⁄5 passo), vara (2⁄3 passo), toesa (1 1⁄5 passo), braça (1 1⁄3 passo)
See also
Etymology 2
Verb
passo
- first-person singular present indicative of passar
Spanish
Verb
passo
- first-person singular present indicative of passar