It happened/passed in Spanish 🇪🇸

Pronunciation

Normal Speech: PAH-so

7 months ago

Pronunciation

Normal Speech: pah-SOH

7 months ago

Vs paso

Do not confuse with paso, I pass. Note the accent mark on this word. That indicates past tense.

9 months ago

pasó info.

**Tips to remember the word “pasó”:**
1. Associate “pasó” with the English word “passed,” as they both start with “pa-.”
2. Think of the expression “This too shall pass,” to remind yourself that “pasó” means something that has happened or gone by.

**Explanations:**
– “Pasó” is the third-person singular preterite (simple past) form of the verb “pasar,” which means to pass, to happen, or to go through.

**Other words that mean the same thing:**
– Ocurrió (happened)
– Sucedió (happened)
– Aconteció (occurred)

**Conjugations of “pasar”:**
– Infinitive: pasar
– Present: paso (I pass/am passing), pasas (you pass/are passing), pasa (he/she/it passes/is passing), pasamos (we pass/are passing), pasáis (you all pass/are passing, Spain), pasan (they/you all pass/are passing)
– Preterite: pasé (I passed), pasaste (you passed), pasó (he/she/it passed), pasamos (we passed), pasasteis (you all passed, Spain), pasaron (they/you all passed)
– Imperfect: pasaba (I was passing/used to pass), pasabas, pasaba, pasábamos, pasabais, pasaban
– Future: pasaré (I will pass), pasarás, pasará, pasaremos, pasaréis, pasarán
– Conditional: pasaría (I would pass), pasarías, pasaría, pasaríamos, pasaríais, pasarían
– Subjunctive (present): pase (I pass), pases, pase, pasemos, paséis, pasen
– Subjunctive (imperfect): pasara or past if to pass were (I passed), pasaras, pasara, pasáramos, pasarais, pasaran
– Imperative: pasa (pass! [informal you]), pase (pass! [formal you]), pasemos (let’s pass), pasad (pass! [plural you, Spain]), pasen (pass! [plural you])

**Examples of sentences that use “pasó”:**
1. ¿Qué pasó ayer en la reunión? (What happened yesterday at the meeting?)
2. Pasó un cometa anoche en el cielo. (A comet passed by in the sky last night.)
3. Pasó mucho tiempo desde la última vez que nos vimos. (A lot of time passed since the last time we saw each other.)
4. ¿Te diste cuenta de lo que pasó cuando cerraron la puerta? (Did you notice what happened when they closed the door?)

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paso info.

Tips to remember the word ‘paso’:
– Associate ‘paso’ with ‘passo’ in Italian or ‘pas’ in French if you are familiar with these languages, as they all share the Latin root meaning ‘step’.
– Visualize someone walking and taking steps each time you think of the word ‘paso’.
– Link ‘paso’ to the English phrase ‘it passes’ or ‘step by step’ for the meaning of passage or walking.

Explanations:
– ‘Paso’ can mean ‘I pass’ or ‘I go through’ when used in the first person present tense.
– It also means ‘step’ as in a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down in a new position.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– Avanzo (I advance)
– Cruzo (I cross)
– Camino (I walk)

Since ‘paso’ is a conjugated form of the verb ‘pasar’, which means ‘to pass’ or ‘to spend time’, here are its conjugations in different tenses:

Infinitive: pasar

Present:
– yo paso (I pass)
– tú pasas (you pass)
– él/ella/usted pasa (he/she/you formal pass)
– nosotros/as pasamos (we pass)
– vosotros/as pasáis (you all pass – Spain)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes pasan (they/you all formal pass)

Preterite (Simple Past):
– yo pasé (I passed)
– tú pasaste (you passed)
– él/ella/usted pasó (he/she/you formal passed)
– nosotros/as pasamos (we passed)
– vosotros/as pasasteis (you all passed – Spain)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes pasaron (they/you all formal passed)

Imperfect (Past):
– yo pasaba (I used to pass)
– tú pasabas (you used to pass)
– él/ella/usted pasaba (he/she/you formal used to pass)
– nosotros/as pasábamos (we used to pass)
– vosotros/as pasabais (you all used to pass – Spain)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes pasaban (they/you all formal used to pass)

Future:
– yo pasaré (I will pass)
– tú pasarás (you will pass)
– él/ella/usted pasará (he/she/you formal will pass)
– nosotros/as pasaremos (we will pass)
– vosotros/as pasaréis (you all will pass – Spain)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes pasarán (they/you all formal will pass)

Examples of sentences that use ‘paso’:
– Todos los días paso por ese parque cuando voy al trabajo. (Every day I pass by that park on my way to work.)
– No me pasó nada durante el viaje. (Nothing happened to me during the trip.)
– Si no te apuras, se nos va a pasar la hora. (If you don’t hurry, we are going to miss the time.)
– Paso mucho tiempo leyendo libros. (I spend a lot of time reading books.)
– ¿Me pasas la sal, por favor? (Can you pass me the salt, please?)

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