Polyglot Dictionary

pasamano

/pasaˈmano/

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 pasamanos

Meaning

  1. handrail

    Built from pasa (passes (from pasar)) + mano (hand).

    • Agárrate al pasamano.

      Hold the handrail.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • pasa passes (from pasar)
  • mano hand

Similar words

balaustrada

Close — both are parts of a staircase railing.

Similar in other languages

French

rampe

rampe is the French word for the same thing — both mean "handrail."

Portuguese

corrimão

corrimão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "handrail."

Practice

1 What does pasamano mean?

2 Fill the gap: Agárrate al ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches pasamano?

nouncompound

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