PASEO Definition & Meaning

paseo

[ pah-sey-oh; Spanish pah-se-aw ]

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noun

plural paseos

(especially in Spanish-speaking countries)
1. a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
2. a public place or path designed for walking; promenade.
3. a usually tree-lined thoroughfare; avenue.

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Origin of paseo¹

First recorded in 1825–35; borrowed from Spanish: noun derivative of the verb pasear “take a walk,” itself a derivative of pasar “to come past, go past,” from an assumed Vulgar Latin verb �貹�� “to pass, go on, extend,” from Latin passus, the past participle of pandere; pace ¹( def )

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One girl described a paseo de olla, a hike in Colombia in which members each bring a different ingredient to contribute to a cookout of a big communal stew.

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Each of the 57 modules is a one-bedroom unit, and one of the bordering streets is being turned into a paseo — a public pedestrian thoroughfare with landscaping that will help clean the air.

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She admitted falling for a man whose embrace she had never known, who lived his days in what he called ‘paseo de la muerte.’

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Outside the paseo was going in under the arcade.

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More than a week later, his creations dot a brick wall beneath the entrance to a pedestrian paseo above Valencia High.

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