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)

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

Further reading

• “llevar el compás”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28