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‖ paseo|paˈseo|
[Sp. paseo walk, pasear to walk.]
In Spain and southwestern parts of the United States, a walk taken at a leisurely pace for exercise, amusement, or the like; any trip or outing of a similar nature; (concretely) a street or promenade; a parade, a procession, spec. at a bull-fight.
1832W. Irving Leg. Alhambra 111 An alameda, or public walk..not so fashionable as the more modern and splendid paseo of the Xenil. 1840R. H. Dana Two Yrs. before Mast xxii. 219 The theme of..conversation..in our afternoon's paséo upon the beach, was the ship. 1897‘H. S. Merriman’ In Kedar's Tents xviii. 205 He..proposed to Julia that they should take a ‘paseo’ in the garden. 1902Out West Dec. 683 Such bosoming of motherly hills, knee-deep with winter wild flowers, as you may have unrolled to you in an afternoon's paseo from the metropolis. 1920Glasgow Herald 22 Sept. 8/5 The greater companies..have built model towns, intersected with finely laid-out paseos and plazas, for their employees. 1927E. Hemingway Men without Women (1928) 29 They formed up for the paseo as soon as the bull had gone through. 1950G. Brenan Face of Spain ix. 187 It was the hour of the evening paseo: the girls were in their best frocks; the young men had oiled and smoothed their hair. 1967McCormick & Mascareñas Compl. Aficionado iii. 72 You will now show me how to walk in the paseo. 1974Times 2 May 17/2 Less than a decade ago, the paseos and boulevards were crowded on sunny days with strollers... Madrid has sacrificed these shady strolling places. 1976E. P. Benson Bulls of Ronda iv. 25 The stewards..led the paseo; the matadors were next, followed by the bandilleros... The bull..came charging into the arena. 1977P. Somerville-Large Eagles near Carcase v. 91 Evening was being heralded..by the emergence of the paseo, if the three youths..and the four fat girls in black could be so described. |