pasar
Spanish, verb/paˈsaɾ/
pasar is spelled P-A-S-A-R (5 letters) and appears 219 times per million words in written Spanish, the 378th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pasar is a Spanish verb meaning “to pass, to hand, to slip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Llevar de un lugar a otro”.
What does pasar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pass, to hand, to slip
- 2
to happen
¿Qué pasa?
- 3
to pass, to get past, to go past, to go by, to go over, to get through
¿Cómo pasaste la seguridad?
- 4
(of time) to pass
(idiomatic) pasarla/pasarlo bien
- 5
to enter a room
- 6
to go too far, exaggerate
- 7
to exceed, surpass, go over
- 8
to ripen too much, become rotten, become off (food)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Llevar de un lugar a otro. 2. En especial, atravesar o salvar un obstáculo en el camino. 3. Por extensión, cambiar la condición o estado. 4. Por extensión, transmitir una información, documento u objeto en general a otro.
verb: 1. Transferirse o extenderse una condición contagiosa o algo análogo. 2. Disponer de bienes o ingresos suficientes para subsistir. 3. Por extensión, contar con las condiciones materiales e inmateriales necesarias para la existencia continuada. 4. Dicho de una mercancía o un valor, ser generalmente aceptado por su valor nominal.
verb: 1. Tener lugar un suceso.
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 pasar
- paso first-person present singular
- pasé first-person preterite singular
- pasado participle past
- pasando gerund
- pasada feminine participle past
- pasados masculine participle past
- pasadas feminine participle past
- pasas indicative informal present
- pasás indicative informal present
- pasa indicative present singular
- pasamos first-person indicative plural
- pasáis indicative plural present
- pasan indicative plural present
- pasaba first-person imperfect indicative
- pasabas imperfect indicative second-person
- pasábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- pasabais imperfect indicative plural
- pasaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pasar?
- /paˈsaɾ/
- [paˈsaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pasar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pasar in Spanish?
pasar appears 219 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).