PASSADO Definition & Meaning

passado

[ puh-sah-doh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Fencing.

plural passados, passadoes.

a forward thrust with the weapon while advancing with one foot.

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Origin of passado¹

1580–90; alteration of Spanish pasada or Italian passata. See passade

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He evidently executed a sort of intricate passado, to judge from the sound of his hysteric hoofs on the stone flagging.

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And when, with the foot and hand, he gave the speech ending "Ah, the immortal passado! the punto reverso! the hay!" the Court gallants, the benchers of the temple, and the citizens, shouted with delight.

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Of the other old fencing terms quoted in the passage above, it appears that “passado” implied a pass or motion forwards.

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And now tell me this: When you slew Cormac of the Cliffs, what passado did you use?

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I have thought on his passado ever since, and I believe, were it to try again, I know a feat would control it.

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