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paso.

step, footstep

4 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpaso/[ˈpa.so]
  1. step, footstep

    masculine
    Los bebés dan sus primeros pasos cerca de 12 meses de edad.
  2. pace (rough distance of a brisk stride)

    masculine
  3. paso, Spanish pace (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 1.4 m)

    historical · masculine
  4. step (in a set of instructions)

    masculine
  5. way, passage

    masculine
    Abran paso por el doctor!
  6. pitch (of a helix or screw thread)

    masculine
  7. pass, col

    masculine
  8. float (in religious parades, carried on the backs of a group of people called costaleros)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der. Proto-Italic *pattus Latin passus Old Spanish passo Spanish paso From Old Spanish passo, from Latin passus, -um (“step, pace”). Cognate with Catalan pas, English pace and pass, French pas, Galician paso, Portuguese passo, and Romanian pas.

adj/ˈpaso/[ˈpa.so]
  1. dried

    uva pasa
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin passus (literally “spread out (to dry)”), past participle of pando (“spread, stretch”).

verb/ˈpaso/[ˈpa.so]
  1. first-person singular present indicative of pasar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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