pasa
Spanish, noun
pasa is spelled P-A-S-A (4 letters) and appears 302 times per million words in written Spanish, the 264th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pasa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “raisin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of paso. With an accent, pasá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of pasar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Uva seca, deshidratada parcialmente, sea de forma natural o por acción humana al cocerla al calor”.
What does pasa mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineraisin
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of paso
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of pasar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Uva seca, deshidratada parcialmente, sea de forma natural o por acción humana al cocerla al calor. 2. Tipo de cosmético o afeite para la piel que se hacía con uvas pasas. 3. Por analogía por su forma y color, mechón de cabello crespo o ensortijado, en particular los de gente africana o afrodescendiente.
noun: 1. Canal estrecho entre bajos (áreas hondas), por donde pueden pasar los barcos.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pasa
- pasas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pasa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pasa in Spanish?
pasa appears 302 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).