paseo

See also: paseó

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish paseo.

Noun

paseo (plural paseos)

1. A public path or avenue designed for walking, sometimes for dining or recreation.

Anagrams

• Aesop, psoae

Galician

Verb

paseo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pasear

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈseo/ [paˈse.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: pa‧se‧o

Etymology 1

Deverbal from pasear (“to stroll”).

Noun

paseo m (plural paseos)

1. walk, stroll

   Synonyms: vuelta, rol, role, yiro

2. outing, excursion

   Synonym: excursión

3. promenade (place where one takes a walk for leisure)

   Patatas en paseo ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. (hyperbolic) vacation, holiday
5. walk in the park, stroll in the park (something easy)

   Synonym: pan comido

6. (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) shoulder (verge to the side of a road)
7. ride, lift, act of driving someone to a place

   Synonym: aventón

8. (Spain, historical) a summary execution committed as part of the White Terror during the Spanish Civil War

Derived terms

• dar un paseo
• paseador
• paseo de comida

Descendants

• → English: paseo

Etymology 2

Verb

paseo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pasear

Further reading

• “paseo”, 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
• “paseo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010