passo

passo

See also: passò

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.so/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.su/

Verb

passo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of passar

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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

• due passi (“short distance”)
• passo carrabile
• passo carraio
• passo estremo
• trapasso
• a passo d'uomo
• aprirsi un passo
• lasciare libero il passo
• dare il passo
• essere di passo

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

• appassire
• passire

Anagrams

• possa, spaso, sposa

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Latin

Participle

passō

1. 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)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.su/

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

Etymology 1

From Old 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. (dancing) 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): pé (¹⁄₅ passo), côvado (²⁄₅ passo), vara (²⁄₃ passo), toesa (1+¹⁄₅ passo), braça (1+¹⁄₃ passo)

See also

• milha, légua

Verb

passo

1. first-person singular present indicative of passar