sorpasso

• IPA^(key): /sorˈpas.so/
• Rhymes: -asso
• Hyphenation: sor‧pàs‧so

sorpasso m (plural sorpassi)

1. overtaking (in a car)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sorpasso

1. first-person singular present indicative of sorpassare

• soprasso, sossopra

Unadapted borrowing from Italian sorpasso

• IPA^(key): /soɾˈpaso/ [soɾˈpa.so]
• Rhymes: -aso

sorpasso m (plural sorpassos)

1. (politics) overtaking (situation where a political party manages to get more votes that a party that was previously more successful than it, especially if both parties are perceived to share parts of their ideology)
2. (economics) overtaking (situation where a country or region surpasses another one in terms of GDP or GDP per capita)

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.