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Meanings of passado in English

Portuguese
impulso

(Fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward.

        impulso
        Synonyms
        Examples for "lunge"
        Examples for "lunge"
        1
        It was a bit of lunge so there's certainly some rhythm needed.
        Independent.ie
        2
        To hamper him in the lunge there was the table between us.
        Bardelys the Magnificent / Being an account of the strange wooin...
        3
        Only those in front can actually lunge and strike at the enemy.
        A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life
        4
        Only a sluggish twitch in response, rather than the usual rapid lunge.
        The irish devil
        5
        When she raised herself, she saw the final lunge that ended it.
        Heir of Fire
        1
        I cannot dispute the straight thrust of your thinking.
        Return of the Crimson Guard
        2
        It was a straight thrust, and it went home.
        The Bars of Iron
        3
        It was a straight thrust to the core of a superstitious heart and a spasm of terror crossed the woman's face.
        Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories
        4
        Rutolo made a step forward with a menace of straight thrust, accompanying it with a cry after the manner of certain Sicilian fencers.
        The Child of Pleasure
        5
        Then, as this gentleman took no notice, with one clean straight thrust Greddon ran him through the heart, shouting Die, you damned psalm-singer and traducer!
        Zuleika Dobson; Or, An Oxford Love Story
        Usage of passado in English
        1
        Laugh and ask: 'What will the passado cost, Fencing-master Allerts?
        The Burgomaster's Wife — Volume 01
        2
        He came up the stairs backward, ceding one step at a time, fending off his attackers with cut and passado.
        Labyrinth
        3
        Slid, if these be your "passados" and "montantes," I'll have none of them.
        Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
        Frequent collocations
        Translations for passado
        Portuguese
        impulso
        Passado through the time