Polyglot Dictionary

pasacalles

/pasaˈkaʝes/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los pasacalles

Meaning

  1. street parade

    Built from pasa (passes (from pasar)) + calles (streets).

    • Hubo un pasacalles en la fiesta.

      There was a street parade at the festival.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • pasa passes (from pasar)
  • calles streets

Practice

1 What does pasacalles mean?

2 Fill the gap: Hubo un ___ en la fiesta.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches pasacalles?

nouncompound

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