llevar el compás

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, "to carry the baton"

Verb

llevar el compás (first-person singular present llevo el compás, first-person singular preterite llevé el compás, past participle llevado el compás)

(idiomatic) to lead an orchestra (as a conductor)

Further reading

“llevar el compás”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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