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Esperanto
Adverb
pasante
- present adverbial active participle of pasi
Spanish
Etymology
From pasar (“to pass”) + -ante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈsante/
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: pa‧san‧te
Noun
pasante m or f (plural pasantes)
- intern, trainee
- Synonym: practicante
el pasante del médico- medical intern
- assistant; clerk
1883, Benito Pérez Galdós, El doctor Centeno:Los condenados a ayuno se quedaban en la clase. Se les obligaba a estudiar en aquella triste hora, vigilados por el pasante, a quien una mujer andrajosa llevaba la comida en dos cazuelillos.- The fastin prisoners stayed in the class. They were made to study at that ungodly time, watched over by the officer, who was brought food in two small dishes by a ragged woman.
2015, Thierry Saignes, Borrachera y Memoria:El pasante de la fiesta lleva consigo una botella pequeña con alcohol puro de caña (97 por ciento), que ofrece de tanto en tanto (para libar) a los otros participantes.- The attendant of the party carries a small bottle of pure sugarcane alcohol, which he intermittently offers a swig of to the other partygoers.
- (law) articled clerk
Related terms
Adjective
pasante m or f (masculine and feminine plural pasantes)
- (heraldry) passant
- león pasante ― lion passant
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