Translation of pasar in English:

pasar
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

to come past, v.

intransitive verb

1
- 1.1(por un lugar)
  to come past
  to go past
  no ha pasado ni un taxi — not one taxi has come/gone by / come/gone past
  pasó un coche a toda velocidad — a car passed at top speed
  ¿a qué hora pasa el lechero? — what time does the milkman come?
  no aparques aquí, que no pueden pasar otros coches — don't park here, other cars won't be able to get past
  no dejan pasar a nadie — they're not letting anyone through
  no dejes pasar esta oportunidad — don't miss this chance
  pasar de largo — to go right / straight past
  el autobús venía completo y pasó de largo — the bus was full and didn't stop / went right / straight past without stopping
  pasó de largo sin siquiera saludar — she went right / straight past without even saying hello
  pasar por algo — to go through sth
  al pasar por la aduana — when you go through customs
  prefiero no pasar por el centro — I'd rather not go through the city center
  el Tajo pasa por Aranjuez — the Tagus flows through Aranjuez
  hay un vuelo directo, no hace falta pasar por Miami — there's a direct flight so you don't have to go via Miami
  ¿este autobús pasa por el museo? — does this bus go past the museum?
  ¿el 45 pasa por aquí? — does the number 45 come this way/stop here?
  pasamos justo por delante de su casa — we went right past her house
  pasaba por aquí y se me ocurrió hacerte una visita — I was just passing by / I was in the area and I thought I'd drop in and see you
  ni me pasó por la imaginación que fuese a hacerlo — it didn't even occur to me / it didn't even cross my mind that she would do it
  el país está pasando por momentos difíciles — these are difficult times for the country
- 1.2(deteniéndose en un lugar)
  ¿podríamos pasar por el supermercado? — can we stop off at the supermarket?
  de camino tengo que pasar por la oficina — I have to drop in at / stop by the office on the way
  pase usted por caja — please go over to the cashier
  pasa un día por casa — why don't you drop / come by the house sometime?
  puede pasar a recogerlo mañana — you can come and pick it up tomorrow
  pasaremos a verlos de camino a casa — we'll call in / drop in and see them on the way home
- 1.3(caber, entrar)
  no creo que pase por la puerta, es demasiado ancho — I don't think it'll go through / I don't think we'll get it through the door, it's too wide
  esta camiseta no me pasa por la cabeza — I can't get this T-shirt over my head
2
- 2.1(transmitirse, transferirse)
  la humedad ha pasado a la habitación de al lado — the damp has gone through to the room next door
  el título pasa al hijo mayor — the title passes / goes to the eldest son
  la carta ha ido pasando de mano en mano — the letter has been passed around (to everyone)
- 2.2(comunicar)
  te paso con Javier — I'll let you speak to Javier
3
(entrar)
(acercándose al hablante) to come in
(alejándose del hablante) to go in
pasa, no te quedes en la puerta — come (on) in, don't stand there in the doorway
- ¿se puede? — pase — may I come in? — yes, please do
- ¡que pase el siguiente! — next please!
- ha llegado el señor Díaz — hágalo pasar — Mr Díaz is here — show him in please
- ¡no pasarán! — they shall not pass!
- pueden pasar al comedor — you may go through into the dining room
- ¿puedo pasar al baño? — may I use the bathroom please?
- ¿quién quiere pasar al pizarrón? — who's going to come up to the blackboard?
4
- 4.1(transcurrir)
  ya han pasado dos horas y aún no ha vuelto — it's been two hours now and she still hasn't come back
  ¡cómo pasa el tiempo! — doesn't time fly!
  por ti no pasan los años — you look as young as ever
  pasaban las horas y no llegaba — the hours went by / passed and still he didn't come
- 4.2(terminar)
  menos mal que el invierno ya ha pasado — thank goodness winter's over
  ya ha pasado lo peor — the worst is over now
  no llores, ya pasó — don't cry, it's all right now / it's all over now
5
- 5.1(cambiar de estado, actividad, tema)
  en poco tiempo ha pasado del anonimato a la fama — in a very short space of time she's gone / shot from obscurity to fame
  pasó del quinto al séptimo lugar — she went / dropped from fifth to seventh place
  ahora pasa a tercera — now change into third
  pasa a la página 98 — continued on page 98
  pasando a otra cosa … — anyway, to change the subject …
  el equipo pasa a ocupar el primer puesto — the team moves into first place
  pasó a formar parte del equipo en julio — she joined the team in July
  más tarde pasó a tratar la cuestión de los impuestos — later he went on to deal with the question of taxes
  pasamos a informar de otras noticias de interés — now, the rest of the news
- 5.2
  Daniel ya pasa a tercero — Daniel will be starting third grade next semester
  si pasas de curso te compro una bicicleta — if you get through / pass your end-of-year exams, I'll buy you a bicycle
- 5.3(indicando aceptabilidad)
  no está perfecto, pero puede pasar — it's not perfect, but it'll do
  por esta vez (que) pase, pero que no se repita — I'll let it pass / go this time, but don't let it happen again
6
(exceder un límite)
no pases de 100 — don't go over 100
- fue un pequeño desacuerdo pero no pasó de eso — we/they had a slight disagreement, but it was nothing more than that
- estuvo muy cortés conmigo pero no pasó de eso — he was very polite, but no more
- tengo que escribirle, de hoy no pasa — I must write to him today without fail
- está muy grave, no creo que pase de hoy — he's very ill, I don't think he'll last another day
- yo diría que no pasa de los 30 — I wouldn't say he was more than 30
- al principio no pasábamos de nueve empleados — there were only nine of us working there/here at the beginning
- no pasan de ser palabras vacías — they are still nothing but empty words / still only empty words
7
(ocurrir, suceder)
to happen
déjame que te cuente lo que pasó — let me tell you what happened
- claro que me gustaría ir, lo que pasa es que estoy cansada — of course I'd like to go, only I'm really tired / it's just that I'm really tired
- lo que pasa es que el jueves no voy a estar — the thing is / the problem is I won't be here on Thursday
- iré pase lo que pase — I'm going whatever happens / come what may
- ¿qué pasó con lo del reloj? — what happened about the watch?
- ahora se dan la mano y aquí no ha pasado nada — now just shake hands and let's forget the whole thing
- en este pueblo nunca pasa nada — nothing ever happens in this town
- siempre pasa igual / lo mismo — it's always the same
- ¿qué pasa? ¿por qué estás tan serio? — what's up / what's the matter? why are you looking so serious?
- se lo dije yo ¿pasa algo? — I told him, what of it / what's it to you?
- ¡hola, Carlos! ¿qué pasa? — hi, Carlos! how's things / how's it going?
- no te hagas mala sangre, son cosas que pasan — don't get upset about it, these things happen
- ¿qué te ha pasado en el ojo? — what have you done to your eye?
- ¿qué le pasará a Ricardo que tiene tan mala cara? — I wonder what's up with / what's the matter with Ricardo? he looks terrible
- ¿qué te pasa que estás tan callado? — why are you so quiet?
- ¿qué le pasa a la lavadora que no centrifuga? — why isn't the washing machine spinning?
- no sé qué me pasa — I don't know what's wrong / what's the matter with me
- eso le pasa a cualquiera — that can happen to anybody
- el coche quedó destrozado pero a él no le pasó nada — the car was wrecked but he escaped unhurt
8
- 8.1(en naipes, juegos)
  to pass
  paso, no tengo tréboles — pass / I can't go, I don't have any clubs
- 8.2(rechazando una invitación, una oportunidad)
  tómate otra — no, gracias, esta vez paso — have another one — no thanks, I'll skip this one / I'll pass on this round
  ¿vas a tomar postre? — no, yo paso — are you going to have a dessert? — no, I think I'll give it a miss / no, I couldn't
  esta noche paso de salir, estoy muy cansada — I don't feel like going out tonight, I'm very tired
- 8.3(expresando indiferencia)
  que se las arreglen, yo paso — they can sort it out themselves, it's not my problem / I don't want anything to do with it
  pasa ampliamente de lo que diga la gente — she couldn't give a damn about / she couldn't care less what people say
  paso mucho de política — I couldn't give a damn about politics
  paso de él — I don't give a damn what he does/what happens to him
  mis padres pasan de mí — my parents couldn't care less what I do/what happens to me
- 8.4(arreglárselas)
  ¿compro más o podemos pasar con esto? — shall I buy some more or can we get by on / make do with this?
  sin electricidad podemos pasar, pero sin agua no — we can manage / do without electricity but not without water
9
- 9.1(ser tenido por)
  pasa por tonto, pero no lo es — he might look stupid, but he isn't
  podrían pasar por hermanas — they could pass for sisters
  se hacía pasar por médico — he passed himself off as a doctor
  se hizo pasar por mi padre — he pretended to be my father
- 9.2(implicar)
  to lie in
  la solución pasa por la racionalización de la industria — the solution lies in the rationalization of the industry

transitive verb

1
(hacer atravesar)
pasar la salsa por un tamiz — sieve the sauce
- pasé la piña por la licuadora — I liquidized / blended the pineapple
- pasa el cordón por este agujero — thread the shoelace through this hole
2
(por la aduana)
¿cuántas botellas de vino se puede pasar? — how many bottles of wine are you allowed to take through?
- los pillaron intentando pasar armas — they were caught trying to smuggle / bring in arms
3
(hacer recorrer)
pasé la aspiradora por el cuarto — I vacuumed
- ven aquí, que te voy a pasar un peine — come here and let me give your hair a quick comb / let me put a comb through your hair
- pásale un trapo al piso — wipe the floor down
- pasarlo primero por harina — first dip it in flour
- a esto hay que pasarle una plancha — this needs a quick iron
4
(transcribir)
tendré que pasar la carta — I'll have to write / copy the letter out again
- ¿me pasas esto a máquina? — would you type this (up) for me?
5
(dar la vuelta a)
(hoja/página) to turn
6
(exhibir, mostrar)
(película/anuncio) to show
las chicas que pasaron los modelos — the girls who modeled the dresses
7
(cruzar, atravesar)
(frontera) to cross
pasaron el río a nado — they swam across the river
- esa calle la pasamos hace rato — we went past / we passed that street a while back
- ¿ya hemos pasado Flores? — have we been through Flores yet?
8
(adelantar, sobrepasar)
to overtake
a ver si podemos pasar a este camión — why don't we overtake / get past / pass this truck?
- está altísimo, ya pasa a su padre — he's really tall, he's already overtaken his father
9
(aprobar)
(prueba/examen) to pass
10
(entregar, hacer llegar)
cuando termines el libro, pásaselo a Miguel — when you finish the book, pass it on to Miguel
- ¿me pasas el martillo? — can you pass me the hammer?
- ¿han pasado ya la factura? — have they sent the bill yet?
- le pasó el balón a Gómez — he passed the ball to Gómez
- el padre le pasa una mensualidad — she gets a monthly allowance from her father
11
(contagiar)
(resfriado/gripe) to give
se lo pasé a toda la familia — I gave it to / passed it on to the whole family
12
(tiempo) to spend
vamos a pasar las Navidades en casa — we are going to spend Christmas at home
- fuimos a Toledo a pasar el día — we went to Toledo for the day
13
(sufrir, padecer)
pasaron muchas penalidades — they went through / suffered a lot of hardship
- pasé mucho miedo — I was very frightened
- ¿pasaste frío anoche? — were you cold last night?
- pasamos hambre en la posguerra — we went hungry after the war
- está pasando una mala racha — he's going through bad times
- no sabes las que pasé yo con ese hombre — you've no idea what I went through with that man
14
pasarlo / pasarla bien/mal
- lo pasa muy mal con los exámenes — he gets in a real state about exams
- ¿qué tal lo pasaste en la fiesta? — did you have a good time at the party?
15informal
(tolerar, admitir)
esto no te lo paso — I'm not letting you get away with this
- el profesor no te deja pasar ni una — the teacher doesn't let you get away with anything
- a ese tipo no lo paso / no lo puedo pasar — I can't stand / take that guy
- yo el Roquefort no lo paso — I can't stand Roquefort
- no podía pasar aquella sopa grasienta — I couldn't stomach / eat that greasy soup
- pasar por alto — (olvidar, omitir) to overlook
16Latin America
(engañar)
to put one over on informal
se cree que me va a pasar a mí — he thinks he can put one over on me

pronominal verb

1
(desaparecer)
ya se me pasó el dolor — the pain's gone / eased now
- espera a que se le pase el enojo — wait until he's calmed / cooled down
- hasta que se le pase la fiebre — until her temperature goes down
2
sus clases se me pasan volando — her classes seem to go so quickly
- se me pasaron las tres horas casi sin enterarme — the three hours flew by almost without my realizing
3
(olvidarse)
lo siento, se me pasó totalmente — I'm sorry, I completely forgot / it completely slipped my mind
- se me pasó su cumpleaños — I forgot his birthday
4
(cambiarse)
pasarse al enemigo/al bando contrario — to go over to the enemy/to the other side
- queremos pasarnos a la otra oficina — we want to move to the other office
5
(peras/tomates) to go bad
(tomates/peras) to get overripe
(pescado/carne) to go off
(carne/pescado) to go bad
(leche) to go off
(leche) to go sour
estos plátanos se están pasando — these bananas are starting to go bad / to get overripe
6
Cooking
se va a pasar el arroz — the rice is going to spoil / get overcooked
- no lo dejes pasar de punto — don't let it overcook
7
(ir demasiado lejos)
nos hemos pasado, el banco está más arriba — we've gone too far, the bank isn't as far down as this
- nos pasamos de estación/parada — we missed / went past our station/stop
8informal
(excederse)
to go too far
esta vez te has pasado — you've gone too far this time
- no te pases que no estoy para bromas — don't push your luck, I'm not in the mood for jokes
- se pasaron con los precios — they charged exorbitant prices
- se pasó con la sal — he put too much salt in it
- se pasó de listo — he tried to be too clever
- te pasas de bueno — you're too kind for your own good
9Southern Coneinformal
(lucirse)
¡te pasaste! esto está riquísimo — you've excelled yourself! this is really delicious
- se pasó con ese gol — that was a fantastic goal he scored
10
(con idea de continuidad)
se pasa meses sin ver a su mujer — he doesn't see his wife for months on end
- se pasa hablando por teléfono — he's always on the telephone
- me pasé toda la noche estudiando — I was up all night studying
- es capaz de pasarse el día entero sin probar bocado — he can quite easily go the whole day without having a thing to eat
- pasárselo bien/mal, etc
11informal
(ir, con idea de continuidad)
pásate por casa y te la presento — come round and I'll introduce you to her
- ¿podrías pasarte por el mercado? — could you pop / nip down to the market?
12
(ir)
se pasó la mano por el pelo — he ran his fingers through his hair
- ni siquiera tuve tiempo de pasarme un peine — I didn't even have time to give my hair a comb