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PASO DOBLE (pasos dobles)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paso doble mean? 

PASO DOBLE (noun)
  The noun PASO DOBLE has 2 senses:

1. a ballroom dance in fast duple timeplay

2. music in march time composed for dancing the paso doble; often played at bull fightsplay

  Familiarity information: PASO DOBLE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PASO DOBLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A ballroom dance in fast duple time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("paso doble" is a kind of...):

ballroom dance; ballroom dancing (any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Music in march time composed for dancing the paso doble; often played at bull fights

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("paso doble" is a kind of...):

dance music (music to dance to)


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