noun
Meaning 1
A fast Spanish ballroom dance in double time.
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Phrase guide
paso doble
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noun
Meaning 2
The music for such a dance, or for a march; used especially at bullfights.
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noun
Meaning 3
a ballroom dance in fast duple time
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Broader terms: ballroom dancing, ballroom dance
noun
Meaning 4
music in march time composed for dancing the paso doble; often played at bull fights
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Broader terms: dance music
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish pasodoble, from paso doble (“double step”).
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 鬥牛舞 /斗牛舞 (dòuniúwǔ) — Spanish ballroom dance
- Czech: paso doble — Spanish ballroom dance
- Finnish: paso doble — Spanish ballroom dance
- Galician: pasodobre — Spanish ballroom dance
- Japanese: パソドブレ (pasodobure) — Spanish ballroom dance
- Polish: paso doble — Spanish ballroom dance
- Russian: пасодо́бль (pasodóblʹ) — Spanish ballroom dance
- Spanish: pasodoble — Spanish ballroom dance
- Spanish: paso-doble — Spanish ballroom dance