sorpasso

See also: sorpassò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sorˈpas.so/
• Rhymes: -asso
• Hyphenation: sor‧pàs‧so

Etymology 1

Noun

sorpasso m (plural sorpassi)

1. overtaking (in a car)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sorpasso

1. first-person singular present indicative of sorpassare

Anagrams

• soprasso, sossopra

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sorpasso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soɾˈpaso/ [soɾˈpa.so]
• Rhymes: -aso

Noun

sorpasso m (plural sorpassos)

1. (politics) overtaking (situation where a political party manages to get more votes that a party that was previously more successful than it, especially if both parties are perceived to share parts of their ideology)
2. (economics) overtaking (situation where a country or region surpasses another one in terms of GDP or GDP per capita)