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passar a perna

Portuguese, verb

passar a perna is spelled P-A-S-S-A-R-A-P-E-R-N-A (12 letters). Passar a perna is a Portuguese verb meaning “to pull a fast one, trick, delude, deceive or fool someone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does passar a perna mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    slangto pull a fast one, trick, delude, deceive or fool someone

    Passei a perna no sujeito, tomei-lhe seu dinheiro sem perceber!

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. enganar alguém

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 a perna

  • passo a perna first-person present singular
  • passei a perna first-person preterite singular
  • passado a perna participle past
  • passares a perna infinitive second-person singular
  • passarmos a perna first-person infinitive plural
  • passardes a perna infinitive plural second-person
  • passarem a perna infinitive plural third-person
  • passando a perna gerund
  • passados a perna masculine participle past
  • passada a perna feminine participle past
  • passadas a perna feminine participle past
  • passas a perna indicative present second-person
  • passa a perna indicative present singular
  • passamos a perna first-person indicative plural
  • passais a perna indicative plural present
  • passam a perna indicative plural present
  • passava a perna first-person imperfect indicative
  • passavas a perna imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

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