pasante

See also: paŝante

Esperanto

Adverb

pasante

1. present adverbial active participle of pasi

Spanish

Etymology

From pasar (“to pass”) +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈsante/ [paˈsãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: pa‧san‧te

Noun

pasante m or f (plural pasantes)

1. intern, trainee

   Synonym: practicante

   el pasante del médico

   medical intern

2. assistant; clerk
   • 1634, Tirso de Molina, La fingida Arcadia:

     Traza es toda del doctor
     y este Anfriso es su pasante.
     ¿Que sospecha hay que te espante
     si así entretiene desvelos
     de Lucrecia?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1883, Benito Pérez Galdós, El doctor Centeno:

     Los condenados a ayuno se quedaban en la clase. Se les obligaba a estudiar en aquella triste hora, vigilados por el pasante, a quien una mujer andrajosa llevaba la comida en dos cazuelillos.

     The fastin prisoners stayed in the class. They were made to study at that ungodly time, watched over by the officer, who was brought food in two small dishes by a ragged woman.

   • 2015, Thierry Saignes, Borrachera y Memoria:

     El pasante de la fiesta lleva consigo una botella pequeña con alcohol puro de caña (97 por ciento), que ofrece de tanto en tanto (para libar) a los otros participantes.

     The attendant of the party carries a small bottle of pure sugarcane alcohol, which he intermittently offers a swig of to the other partygoers.

3. (law) articled clerk

Related terms

• pasante de pluma
• pasantía

Adjective

pasante m or f (masculine and feminine plural pasantes)

1. (heraldry) passant

   león pasante ― lion passant

Further reading

• “pasante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10