passar
Portuguese, verb/paˈsa(ʁ)/
passar is spelled P-A-S-S-A-R (6 letters) and appears 245 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 374th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Passar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to pass; to pass by (to move past)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “percorrer, atravessar”.
What does passar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pass; to pass by (to move past)
Já passaram treze carros.
- 2
to overtake (to move ahead of)
O piloto tentou passar o outro carro.
- 3
to cross (to move beyond)
Se passarmos da fronteira, podemos ser presos.
- 4
to cross; to pass; to go over (to become greater in value than)
O preço da maçã passou de trinta centavos durante a seca.
- 5
to go through (to move from one end through to the other side)
A flecha passou pelo seu coração.
- 6
to pass (to go unheeded or neglected)
Sementes não passam no portão do aeroporto.
- 7
to stop by (to pay a brief visit)
Passarei na casa da mãe antes de ir embora.
- 8
to pass (to move something over to)
Alguém me passa o leite?
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. percorrer, atravessar 2. revisar 3. ir além de, transpor, ultrapassar 4. cessar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of passar
- passo first-person present singular
- passei first-person preterite singular
- passado participle past
- passares infinitive second-person singular
- passarmos first-person infinitive plural
- passardes infinitive plural second-person
- passarem infinitive plural third-person
- passando gerund
- passados masculine participle past
- passada feminine participle past
- passadas feminine participle past
- passas indicative present second-person
- passa indicative present singular
- passamos first-person indicative plural
- passais indicative plural present
- passam indicative plural present
- passava first-person imperfect indicative
- passavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce passar?
- Brazil /paˈsa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [paˈsa(h)]
- /paˈsa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to passar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is passar in Portuguese?
passar appears 245 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).