paso

Dancer's Spanish move

Paso is Spanish for step or pass, appearing in English mainly in borrowed phrases and place names.

A paso doble is a dramatic ballroom dance mimicking a bullfight.

El Paso means "the pass," referring to a mountain crossing.

In the American Southwest, paso sometimes appears in descriptions of terrain or in names of streets and towns.

movement

stride

Extended single footstep

gait · amble · saunter · stroll · march · shuffle · cadence · tempo · rhythm · measured

dance

flamenco

Rhythmic Spanish dance style

  • tangoLatin ballroom with sharp stops
  • salsaSpicy tomato condiment
  • fandangoSpirited Iberian couples dance

merengue · bachata · bolero · mambo · rumba · samba · ballroom · footwork · choreography · partner

equestrian

gait

Locomotion pattern

  • canterModerate equine gait
  • trotPace between walk, canter
  • gallopSwiftest quadruped gait

amble · dressage · horseback · saddle · bridle · stirrups · manege · equitation · showjumping · mare

Categories
Opposites
movement type

pasoleap

Sudden springing movement

jump · sprint · bound · hop · flight

progress/passage

pasostop

Cease all motion

blockage · halt · standstill · obstacle · barrier

access/permission

pasoblockade

Sealing off a place

obstacle · barrier

Phrases
Family

pass, compass, passage, passenger, passport, surpass, trespass

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