passo
See also: passò
Catalan edit
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passo
Galician edit
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passo
- (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of passar
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Etymology 1 edit
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passo m (plural passi)
- footstep (sound)
- footprint
- step
- pace
- passage (of text)
- (film) gauge (film size)
- pitch (distance between evenly spaced objects)
- wheelbase
- mountain pass
- (mechanics) backlash
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- 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 edit
passo
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
passo (feminine passa, masculine plural passi, feminine plural passe)
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Participle edit
passō
References edit
- 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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Alternative forms
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passo
- nominative singular of passa (“one who sees”)
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passo
- nominative singular of passa (“flank”)
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Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese passo, from Latin passus. Cognate with Catalan pas and Galician and Spanish paso.
Noun edit
passo m (plural passos)
- step; footstep; pace (movement made from one foot to the other)
- Synonym: passada
- (historical, measure) Portuguese pace, a former unit of length equivalent to about 1.6 m
- step (very short distance)
- step; footstep (sound produced by stepping on the ground)
- (chiefly military, except in set phrases) pace (manner or speed of walking or marching)
- Synonym: andamento
- pace (the speed of a process)
- (dance) the movements associated with a dance style
- step; stage; phase (distinct part of a process or protocol)
- (figurative) step (an attempt in dealing with something)
- (geography) pass (narrow passage or channel between geographical features)
- Synonym: garganta
- (mechanical engineering) pitch (distance between a gear’s teeth)
- (mechanical engineering) pitch (distance between a screws’s threads)
Coordinate terms edit
- (unit of length): pé (1⁄5 passo), côvado (2⁄5 passo), vara (2⁄3 passo), toesa (1 1⁄5 passo), braça (1 1⁄3 passo)
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Etymology 2 edit
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passo