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pasar.

to pass, to hand, to slip

5 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/paˈsaɾ/[paˈsaɾ]
  1. to pass, to hand, to slip

    transitive
  2. to happen

    intransitive
    ¿Qué pasa?
    Estas cosas pasan.
  3. to pass, to get past, to go past, to go by, to go over, to get through

    transitive
    ¿Cómo pasaste la seguridad?
    ¡No pasarán!
  4. (of time) to pass

    transitive
    (idiomatic) pasarla/pasarlo bien
    ¡Pásalo en grande!
  5. to enter a room

    intransitive
  6. to go too far, exaggerate

    reflexive
  7. to exceed, surpass, go over

    reflexive
  8. to ripen too much, become rotten, become off (food)

    reflexive
  9. to pass (filter)

    transitive
  10. to strain, to sieve, to sift

    transitive
  11. to break the law, rule, order

    transitive
  12. to trespass (enter on someone's property without permission)

    transitive
  13. to puree (crush or grind food into a puree)

  14. to omit, leave out

    ¡Pasa de ellos!
  15. to send, transmit

    transitive
  16. to stand, tolerate, bear

    transitive
  17. to go through, to pass through, to swing by (+ por)

  18. to begin a process or action; (with ser) to become, to come to be

  19. to pass an exam

    Latin-America
  20. to stop by, to swing by

    pronominal
  21. to spend (time)

    pronominal
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Spanish passar, from Vulgar Latin *passāre, derived from Latin passus (“step”, noun). Compare English pass.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.