pasillo
hallway
Reviewed by: David WestfallCofounder
The corridor you pass through to get from one room to another
Encoding Strategies:
linguistic
visual
pass
something you pass through
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-illo
diminutive suffix
Pasillo means hallway and is related to the English word pass0, as in something you pass through. It's literally a little passage through a building.
pasillo
hallway, corridor, hall
The long, narrow space inside a building that connects the rooms. It's the little pass you take to get from one room to the next.
Los dormitorios están al fondo del pasilloThe bedrooms are at the end of the hallway
Escuché pasos en el pasillo a medianocheI heard footsteps in the corridor at midnight
aisle (between rows)
The walkway between rows of shelves or seats in a supermarket, a plane, or a theater. It's a narrow little pass with things lined up on both sides.
El arroz está en el pasillo tresThe rice is in aisle three
Siempre pido un asiento de pasillo cuando vueloI always ask for an aisle seat when I fly
path, way (through a crowd)
When people step aside and open up a narrow lane for someone to walk through, the gap they leave is a temporary little pass.
La gente le abrió un pasillo al novioPeople opened up a path for the groom
Los guardias hicieron un pasillo para que saliera la cantanteThe guards made a way for the singer to get out