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passo

Portuguese, noun/ˈpa.su/

passo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “step; footstep; pace (movement made from one foot to the other)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of passar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de mover um pé para andar”.

What does passo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinestep; footstep; pace (movement made from one foot to the other)

  2. 2

    masculinePortuguese pace, a former unit of length equivalent to about 1.6 m

  3. 3

    masculinestep (very short distance)

  4. 4

    masculinestep; footstep (sound produced by stepping on the ground)

  5. 5

    masculinepace (manner or speed of walking or marching)

  6. 6

    masculinepace (the speed of a process)

  7. 7

    masculinethe movements associated with a dance style

  8. 8

    masculinestep; stage; phase (distinct part of a process or protocol)

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of passar

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. passado; seco (quando se fala de frutas)

adverb: 1. lentamente

noun: 1. ato de mover um pé para andar 2. espaço percorrido quando se desloca e coloca um pé no chão para andar 3. trecho de obra literária

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

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

Forms of passo

  • passos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce passo?

  • Brazil /ˈpa.su/
  • Portugal /ˈpa.su/
  • Portugal [ˈpa.s̺u]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to passo

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

How common is passo in Portuguese?

passo appears 123 times per million words in written Portuguese.

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