passo

See also: passò

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpa.su]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpa.so]

Verb

passo

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpasso]
• Rhymes: -asso

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 of passare

Etymology 2

From Latin passus (“dried”)

Adjective

1. dried

Derived terms

• appassire
• passire

Anagrams

• possa, sposa

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) passō

1. dative masculine singular of passus
2. dative neuter singular of passus
3. ablative masculine singular of passus
4. ablative 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

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese passo, from Latin passus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.su/
• Rhymes: -asu

Noun

passo m (plural passos)

2. step; footstep; pace (movement made from one foot to the other)
4. step; pace (a unit distance roughly equivalent to the distance covered in a step)
6. step (very short distance)
8. step; footstep (sound produced by stepping on the ground)
10. (chiefly military, except in set phrases) pace (manner or speed of walking or marching)
12. pace (the speed of a process)
14. (dance) the movements associated with a dance style
16. step; stage; phase (distinct part of a process or protocol)
18. (figurative) step (an attempt in dealing with something)
20. (geography) pass (narrow passage or channel between geographical features)
22. (mechanical engineering) pitch (distance between a gear’s teeth)
24. (mechanical engineering) pitch (distance between a screws’s threads)

Synonyms

• (movement from a foot to the other): passada
• (manner or speed of walking): andamento
• (phase): estágio, fase
• (narrow passage): garganta

Verb

passo

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