pasar
"¿Qué pasa si le doy al botón rojo? Nada bueno."
What happens if I press the red button? Nothing good.
"El tiempo pasa volando cuando procrastinas."
Time flies when you procrastinate.
"Siempre pasa lo mismo: digo que no voy y termino yendo."
It always happens the same way: I say I won't go and end up going.
to pass, to go by
"Pasé por tu casa y adopté tu paquete."
I went by your house and adopted your package.
to happen, to occur
"Pasó algo raro; todos llegaron puntuales."
Something odd happened; everyone arrived on time.
to spend
"Pasé la tarde buscando las gafas puestas."
I spent the afternoon looking for the glasses I was wearing.
to pass, to hand
"Pásame la sal antes de que improvise."
Pass me the salt before I improvise.
to come in, to go through
"Pasa sin miedo; solo ladra la impresora."
Come in without fear; only the printer barks.
pasar infinitive
Base forms
Present "I pass"
yo paso
"Paso de todo, literalmente de todo."
I don't care about anything, literally anything.
"Paso por tu casa en cinco minutos, o en una hora."
I'll pass by your house in five minutes, or in an hour.
"No paso hambre, paso ganas de cocinar."
I'm not hungry, I just don't feel like cooking.
tú pasas
"¿Pasas demasiado tiempo viendo memes o el tiempo justo?"
Do you spend too much time looking at memes or just the right amount?
"Pasas de nivel en el juego pero no en la vida."
You level up in the game but not in life.
"Cuando pasas al lado de la cocina y huele a pizza."
When you pass by the kitchen and it smells like pizza.
él/ella pasa
"¿Qué pasa si le doy al botón rojo? Nada bueno."
What happens if I press the red button? Nothing good.
"El tiempo pasa volando cuando procrastinas."
Time flies when you procrastinate.
"Siempre pasa lo mismo: digo que no voy y termino yendo."
It always happens the same way: I say I won't go and end up going.
Preterite "I passed"
él/ella pasó
"Pasó algo raro anoche, pero nadie recuerda qué."
Something weird happened last night, but nobody remembers what.
"El huracán pasó y dejó wifi gratis para todos."
The hurricane passed and left free wifi for everyone.
"Se me pasó el arroz, la reunión y mi cumpleaños."
I overcooked the rice, missed the meeting and my birthday.
nosotros pasamos
"Pasamos toda la noche viendo series y cero arrepentimiento."
We spent all night watching series and zero regrets.
"Nos pasamos de la parada hablando de tacos."
We went past our stop talking about tacos.
"Pasamos por tu casa pero estabas durmiendo... a las 3 PM."
We passed by your house but you were sleeping... at 3 PM.
Imperfect "I used to pass"
Future "I will pass"
Conditional "I would pass"
Present subjunctive "that I pass"
tú pases
"Que pases un buen día, o al menos uno tolerable."
Have a good day, or at least a tolerable one.
"No dejes que pase otro día sin comer pizza."
Don't let another day pass without eating pizza.
"Espero que pases por aquí, traigo chisme fresco."
I hope you come by, I've got fresh gossip.