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paso

Spanish, noun

paso is spelled P-A-S-O (4 letters) and appears 240 times per million words in written Spanish, the 340th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “step, footstep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of pasar. With a capital, PASO is a different word: “acronym of (elecciones) primarias, abiertas, simultáneas y…”. With an accent, pasó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of pasar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cada uno de los movimientos de avance de las piernas al caminar”.

What does paso mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinestep, footstep

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

  2. 2

    masculinepace (rough distance of a brisk stride)

  3. 3

    masculinepaso, Spanish pace (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 1.4 m)

  4. 4

    masculinestep (in a set of instructions)

  5. 5

    masculineway, passage

    Abran paso por el doctor!

  6. 6

    masculinepitch (of a helix or screw thread)

  7. 7

    masculinepass, col

  8. 8

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

adjective

  1. 1

    dried

    uva pasa

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of pasar

noun

as PASO
  1. 1

    feminineacronym of (elecciones) primarias, abiertas, simultáneas y obligatorias (“primary, open, simultaneous, and mandatory (elections)”): primary elections in Argentina

verb

as pasó
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of pasar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Cada uno de los movimientos de avance de las piernas al caminar. 2. Distancia recorrida al hacer este movimiento. 3. Lugar por donde es posible atravesar caminando un accidente geográfico o un bosque. 4. Ritmo al que anda una persona o animal.

adverb: 1. Blandamente, quedo, en voz baja.

interjection: 1. Se utiliza en diversos juegos de mesa para dar a entender que se dejará pasar el propio turno sin hacer ninguna acción.

adjective: 1. Se dice de la fruta que se deseca por cualquier procedimiento y, tradicionalmente, la que se pone o exitende bajo el calor del Sol para que se seque.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of paso

  • pasos plural
  • pasa feminine
  • pasas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to paso

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is paso in Spanish?

paso appears 240 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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