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Old April 20, 2010, 05:32 PM
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I have always thought that a paso is just the float... but I don't like Easter parades that much, so I'm no expert. Ever since I was a little girl I've found the capuchinos creepy (they remind me of the KKK)
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Old April 20, 2010, 06:19 PM
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I have always thought that a paso is just the float... but I don't like Easter parades that much, so I'm no expert. Ever since I was a little girl I found the capuchinos creepy (they remind me of the KKK)
I know....
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Old April 21, 2010, 01:48 AM
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I know....
So I'm not alone...
When reading the quote you included in your answer I noticed I had made a mistake. I've corrected it in the original message:
Ever since I was a little girl I've found...
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For me a float is for a carnival like this
http://i.thisis.co.uk/274156/gallery...66/1243253.jpg
as is parade.

A "Paso" is smth far more serious as posted on the first page of this thread, so I wouldn't use the word float.
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A float, as far as I know, is like Pjt said, motorised, usually on a lorry. A paso isn't, it's carried. But it's the only translation for the word that I've seen so far.
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Paso is the image and not the cart/float.

http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltCons...US=3&LEMA=paso (#22)
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A float, as far as I know, is like Pjt said, motorised, usually on a lorry. A paso isn't, it's carried. But it's the only translation for the word that I've seen so far.
I agree with you, Ambarina.I think there isn't a better translation because we are talking about different realities...but sometimes we have to make do with approximations or near synonyms... That's why I hate translating....
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