paso

See also: Appendix:Variations of "paso"

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish paso, from Latin passus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaso/ [ˈpa.s̪o]
• Rhymes: -s̪o
• Hyphenation: pa‧so

Noun

páso

1. (bingo) an instance where a player fails to declare a bingo

Verb

páso

1. to march or participate in a ceremonial procession or recession especially an academic procession or wedding procession
2. to pass in middle aisle or in front of an audience during a performance or presentation
3. (bingo) to fail to declare or call a bingo

Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *pásuq (“to roast, broil; scald, sear, burn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpasoʔ/ [ˈpa.s̪oʔ]
• Rhymes: -s̪oʔ
• Hyphenation: pa‧so

Noun

pasò

1. a burn; a physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals

Verb

pasò

1. to injure (a person or animal) with heat or caustic chemicals

Anagrams

• apos, saop, sapo, sopa

Central Bikol

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈso/ [paˈso]
• Hyphenation: pa‧so

Adjective

pasó (Basahan spelling ᜉᜐᜓ)

1. wet (for gunpowder)

   Synonyms: basa, dumog

2. stale (for cigarettes)

   Synonym: daan

Derived terms

• makapaso
• mapaso

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *pásuq (“to roast, broil; scald, sear, burn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpasoʔ/ [ˈpa.soʔ]
• Hyphenation: pa‧so

Noun

pasò (Basahan spelling ᜉᜐᜓ)

1. scald

   Synonym: lipwa

Derived terms

• magpaso
• makapaso
• mapasuan
• pasuan

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaso/

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• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: pa‧so

Noun

paso (accusative singular pason, plural pasoj, accusative plural pasojn)

1. pass
2. passing

Derived terms

• pasi
• pasigi
• pasvorto

Further reading

• “paso”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “paso”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Galician

Alternative forms

• passo (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese passo, attested in the 13th century Cantigas de Santa Maria, from Latin passus. Cognate with Catalan pas, Spanish paso, and Portuguese passo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaso/ [ˈpa.s̺ʊ]
• Rhymes: -aso
• Hyphenation: pa‧so

Noun

paso m (plural pasos)

1. step
2. pace, gait
3. pass (narrow passage or channel between geographical features)
4. tread (the horizontal part of a step in a flight of stairs)
5. (historical, measure) paso, Spanish pace, a traditional unit of length
6. (in the plural) stones placed in a river by way of a bridge

   Synonyms: poldra, piar

Coordinate terms

• (unit of length): pé (¹⁄₅ paso), vara (³⁄₅ paso), braza (1+¹⁄₅ paso)

Derived terms

• paso e paso

Related terms

• pasar
• pasear
• paseo

Adverb

paso

1. slowly

Verb

paso

1. first-person singular present indicative of pasar

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “passo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “paso”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “paso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “paso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “paso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ladino

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish paso, from Latin passus (“step, pace”). Cognate with Catalan pas, Galician paso, English pace, pass, Portuguese passo and Romanian pas.

Noun

paso m (Hebrew spelling פאסו)

1. step (advance or movement made from one foot to the other; pace) [16th c.]
   • 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roş Aşana i Kipur‎^[1], Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca şi D. Baraş, Socieatate in Comandita, →OCLC, page 10:

     Topandome boracio de ansia sino vino
     Io dezvii³) mis pasos de tu camino

     Finding me drunk from wineless grief, I stray from the steps on my path.

Alternative forms

• passo (obsolete)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

paso

1. first-person singular present indicative of pasar
2. third-person singular preterite indicative of pasar

Old Galician-Portuguese

Adverb

paso

1. alternative spelling of passo

Noun

paso m

1. alternative spelling of passo

Verb

paso

1. first-person singular present indicative of pasar

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “paso”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “paso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “paso”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN

Old Spanish

Noun

paso m (plural pasos)

1. alternative spelling of passo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaso/ [ˈpa.so]
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: pa‧so

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

paso m (plural pasos)

1. step, footstep

   Los bebés dan sus primeros pasos cerca de 12 meses de edad.

   Babies take their first steps around 12 months of age.

2. pace (rough distance of a brisk stride)
3. (historical, measure) paso, Spanish pace (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 1.4 m)
4. step (in a set of instructions)
5. way, passage

   Abran paso por el doctor!

   Make way for the doctor!

6. pitch (of a helix or screw thread)
7. (geography) pass, col

   Hyponym: (narrow pass) desfiladero

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

Coordinate terms

• (unit of length): pie (¹⁄₅ paso), vara (³⁄₅ paso), estado (1+¹⁄₅ pasos), estadal (2+²⁄₅ pasos), cordel (30 pasos), milla (1,000 pasos), legua (3,000 pasos)

Derived terms

• a buen paso
• a cada paso
• a eso paso
• a paso de buey
• a paso de carga
• a paso de tortuga
• a paso largo
• a paso tirado
• a pasos agigantados
• a pocos pasos
• a un paso
• a unos pasos
• abrir paso
• al paso
• al paso que
• andar en malos pasos
• apretar el paso
• ave de paso
• avivar el paso
• caballo de paso
• cambiar el paso
• ceder el paso
• cerrar el paso
• dar paso
• dar pasos
• dar un buen paso
• dar un mal paso
• dar un paso
• dar un paso atrás
• de paso
• de paso en paso
• llave de paso
• llevar el paso
• marcapasos
• marcar el paso
• más que de paso
• paso a desnivel
• paso a nivel
• paso a paso
• paso atrás
• paso canadiense
• paso corto
• paso de cebra
• paso de ganso
• paso de la hélice
• paso de la madre
• paso de la oca
• paso de peatones
• paso del ecuador
• paso doble
• paso elevado
• paso en falso
• paso geométrico
• paso inferior
• paso lento
• paso ligero
• paso mayor
• paso menor
• paso por paso
• paso superior
• por los mismos pasos
• por sus pasos contados
• rito de paso
• salir al paso
• salir del paso

Related terms

• pasar

Descendants

• → Cebuano: paso
• → Tagalog: paso

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

paso (feminine pasa, masculine plural pasos, feminine plural pasas)

1. (of fruit) dried

   uva pasa ― raisin

Derived terms

• ciruela pasa (“prune”)
• pasa (“raisin”)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

paso

1. first-person singular present indicative of pasar

Further reading

• “paso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• posa, sapo, sopa

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *pásuq (“to roast, broil; scald, sear, burn”). Compare Ivatan paso, Casiguran Dumagat Agta pasi, Itawit patu, Central Bikol paso, Agutaynen paso, and Tausug pasu'.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /paˈsoʔ/ [pɐˈsoʔ] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -oʔ
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpasoʔ/ [ˈpaː.soʔ] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -asoʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧so

Adjective

pasô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐᜓ)

1. burned; scalded; seared

Noun

pasò (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐᜓ)

1. act of being scalded or burned by any hot object

   Synonyms: sunog, (liquid) banli

2. scald; burn; injury by fire or heat

   Synonyms: sunog, (liquid) banli, paltos

3. (medicine) act of cauterization

   Synonym: init

Derived terms

• bahagyang paso
• ipaso
• magpaso
• mamaso
• mapaso
• pagpaso
• pampaso
• pasuin
• pinaso
• pumaso

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wāss

Latin vās

Latin -um

Latin vāsum

Old Galician-Portuguese vaso

Portuguese vasobor.

Malay pasubor.

Tagalog paso

Borrowed from Malay pasu, borrowed from Portuguese vaso, from Old Galician-Portuguese vaso, from Latin vāsum, from vās + -um. Doublet of baso.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈsoʔ/ [pɐˈsoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧so

Noun

pasô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐᜓ)

1. pot, usually made of clay or porcelain, used for containing plants, food, or water

   Synonyms: plorera, masetera, palayok, sinala, lalagyan, (uncommon) yanga

Descendants

• → Chamorro: påsu

Etymology 3

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der.

Proto-Italic *pattus

Latin passus

Old Spanish passo

Spanish pasobor.

Tagalog paso

Borrowed from Spanish paso, from Old Spanish passo, from Latin passus, from Proto-Italic *pattus, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /paˈso/ [pɐˈso] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -o
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpaso/ [ˈpaː.so] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: pa‧so

Adjective

pasó (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐᜓ)

1. expired; lapsed

   Synonyms: lipas, lampas, pasado, nagdaan

Noun

paso (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐᜓ)

1. step; pace (of a horse)

   Synonyms: hakbang, takad

2. (geography) way; passage; pass

   Synonyms: daanan, lagusan

Derived terms

• Pasong Tirad
• pumaso

Related terms

• pasa
• pasilyo
• pasyal
• repaso

Etymology 4

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *pa-

Tagalog pa-

English sobor.

Tagalog so

Tagalog paso

From pa- + so.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈso/ [pɐˈso]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: pa‧so

Noun

pasó (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐᜓ)

1. sound to shoo (like for shooing chickens)

   Synonyms: su, tsu, tsupi, alis

Derived terms

• pasuhan
• pasuhin

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈso/ [pɐˈso]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: pa‧so

Noun

pasó (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐᜓ) (obsolete)

1. a very tinted object

References

• “paso”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[2] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.

Anagrams

• poas, sopa, paos, sapo

Venetan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin passus. Compare Italian passo.

Noun

paso m (plural pasi)

1. step