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pasar

/paˈsaɾ/, [paˈsaɾ]

go to, pass

Verb pasar (first-person singular present paso, first-person singular preterite pasé, past participle pasado)

  1. to pass, to hand, to slip
  2. (intransitive) to happen
    ¿qué pasa?
    what's up?
    estas cosas pasan
    these things happen
    Ya me ha pasado.
    It has already happened to me.
  3. (transitive) to pass, to get past, to go past, to go by, to go over, to get through
    ¿Cómo pasaste la seguridad?
    How did you get past security?
  4. (transitive) to spend time
    pasarlo bien
    to have a good time
    pásalo en grande
    have a great time
  5. (intransitive) to enter a room
  6. (reflexive) to go too far, exaggerate
  7. (reflexive) to exceed, surpass, go over
  8. (reflexive) to ripen too much, become rotten, become off (food)
  9. (transitive) to pass (filter)
  10. (transitive) to strain, to sieve, to sift
  11. (transitive) to break the law, rule, order
  12. (transitive) to trespass (enter on someone's property without permission)
  13. to puree (crush or grind food into a puree)
  14. to omit, leave out
    ¡pasa de ellos!
    pay no attention to them!
  15. (transitive) to send, transmit
  16. (transitive) to stand, tolerate, bear
  17. to go through, to pass through, to swing by (+ por)
  18. to pass an exam
  19. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to stop by, to swing by
  20. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to spend (time)

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Ella estaba deseando pasar tiempo con él.

    She was looking forward to spending time with him.

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  • Quiero pasar toda mi vida contigo.

    I want to spend all my life with you.

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  • En un año pueden pasar muchas cosas.

    A lot can happen in a year.

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  • ¿Crees que haya que poder hacerse pasar por un hablante nativo para ser un espía efectivo?

    Do you think you have to be able to pass for a native speaker to be an effective spy?

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  • Algunos leen libros para pasar el tiempo.

    Some read books to kill time.

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  • ¿Cuánto tiempo pasar seleccionando la comida que comerás?

    How much time do you spend selecting the food that you will eat?

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  • Quiero pasar más tiempo con Tom.

    I want to spend more time with Tom.

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  • Es divertido pasar el rato con él.

    It's fun to hang out with him.

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  • El portón es tan angosto que el auto no puede pasar.

    The gate is so narrow that the car can't pass through it.

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  • Eso nunca va a pasar.

    That's never going to happen.

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