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pasado

Spanish, noun/paˈsado/

pasado is spelled P-A-S-A-D-O (6 letters) and appears 355 times per million words in written Spanish, the 224th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pasado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “past, bygones” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of pasar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Temporada antes del presente”.

What does pasado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    past

  2. 2

    former

  3. 3

    last

    el pasado mes de noviembre

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepast, bygones

    Hemos prometido que lo pasado, pasado está.

  2. 2

    masculinepast

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of pasar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Temporada antes del presente. 2. Militar que ha desertado de un ejército y sirve en el enemigo.

adjective: 1. Previo, anterior, que ya pasó o sucedió. 2. Excedido, sobrepasado. 3. Drogado, narcotizado. 4. Al hablar de una sustancia orgánica (fruta, carne, etc.), que ha pasado de sazón, se ha podrido, estropeado o no es agradable o conveniente para el consumo.

verb: 1. Participio de pasar.

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 pasado

  • pasada feminine
  • pasados masculine plural
  • pasadas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce pasado?

  • /paˈsado/
  • [paˈsa.ð̞o]
  • [paˈsað̞o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to pasado

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is pasado in Spanish?

pasado appears 355 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).

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