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Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
passo
- first-person singular present indicative of passar
Galician
Verb
passo
- (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of passar
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin passus (“a step”).
Noun
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
Derived terms
Verb
passo
- first-person singular present indicative of passare
Etymology 2
From Latin passus (“dried”).
Adjective
passo (feminine passa, masculine plural passi, feminine plural passe)
- dried
Derived terms
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
passō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of passus
References
Pali
Noun
passo
- nominative singular of passa (“one who sees”)
Noun
passo
- nominative singular of passa (“flank”)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese passo, from Latin passus. Cognate with Catalan pas and Galician and Spanish paso.
Noun
passo m (plural passos)
- (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)
- Synonyms: estágio, fase
- (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
- (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)
See also
Etymology 2
Verb
passo
- first-person singular present indicative of passar