sorpasso

See also: sorpassò

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Noun

sorpasso m (plural sorpassi)

1. overtaking (in a car)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sorpasso

1. first-person singular present indicative of sorpassare

Anagrams

• soprasso, sossopra

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian sorpasso

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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)

Usage notes

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.