paseante

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish paso

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izō

Latin -izāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish pasear

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin -antem

Spanish -ante

Spanish paseante

From pasear + -ante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paseˈante/ [pa.seˈãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: pa‧se‧an‧te

Adjective

paseante m or f (masculine and feminine plural paseantes)

1. passing; going by

Further reading

• “paseante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025