noun, masculine/ˈpaso/plural: pasos
step, footstep; pace (rough distance of a brisk stride); paso, Spanish pace (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 1.4 m); step (in a set of instructions); way, passage
“Los bebés dan sus primeros pasos cerca de 12 meses de edad.” — Babies take their first steps around 12 months of age.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der. Proto-Italic *pattus Latin passus Old Spanish passo Spanish paso From Old Spanish passo, from Latin passus, -um (“step, pace”). Cognate with Catalan pas, English pace and pass, French pas, Galician paso, Portuguese passo, and Romanian pas.