passa

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Rhymes: -asa

Etymology 1

From pas (“step”).

Noun

passa f (plural passes)

1. step, pace
2. (historical, measure) Spanish pace, a former unit of length

Synonyms

• pas

Coordinate terms

• (unit of length): peu (⅕ passa), vara (⅗ passa), braça (1⅕ passa)

Etymology 2

Deverbal from passar.

Noun

passa f (plural passes)

1. (of birds) migration

   Synonym: migració

2. epidemic (a widespread disease that affects many individuals in a population)

   Synonym: epidèmia

Etymology 3

Verb

passa

1. inflection of passar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “passa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “passa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “passa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “passa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Faroese

Verb

passa (third person singular past indicative passaði, third person plural past indicative passað, supine passað)

1. to fit (clothes)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• tað má passa (that may be so)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑsːɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑsːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pas‧sa

Noun

passa

1. Alternative form of pašša

Anagrams

• sapsa

French

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

passa

1. third-person singular past historic of passer

Anagrams

• sapas

Galician

Verb

passa

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of passar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Icelandic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰasːa/
• Rhymes: -asːa

Verb

passa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative passaði, supine passað)

1. to fit (be the right size and shape, also of clothing), to be convenient, to be appropriate
2. to look after, mind, to babysit

Conjugation

Derived terms

• passa sig

Interlingua

Verb

passa

1. present of passar
2. imperative of passar

Italian

Verb

passa

1. inflection of passare:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• spasa

Ladin

Verb

passa

1. inflection of passer:
   1. third-person singular/plural present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Participle

passa

1. inflection of passus:
   1. nominative/vocative/ablative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

References

• passa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (of noun) passene
• (of verb) passet

Noun

passa n

1. definite plural of pass

Verb

passa

1. inflection of passe:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

passa n

1. definite plural of pass

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

See passati.

Verb

passa

1. second-person singular imperative active of passati (“to see”)

Etymology 2

Possibly inherited from Sanskrit पश्य (paśya) but also possibly a byform of Pali passant (“seeing”)

Noun

passa m

1. One who sees

Usage notes

This might actually be an adjective.

Declension

Etymology 3

Inherited from Sanskrit पार्श्व (pārśva)

Noun

passa m or n

1. side, flank

Declension

Some forms are different when the noun is neuter:

References

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French passe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpas.sa/
• Rhymes: -assa
• Syllabification: pas‧sa

Noun

passa f

1. streak (continuous series of events)

Declension

Further reading

• passa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• passa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -asɐ
• Hyphenation: pas‧sa

Etymology 1

Verb

passa

1. inflection of passar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Interjection

passa!

1. shoo!; get away!; clear off! (said to an animal)

Etymology 2

From Latin passa, feminine of passus (“dried”), past participle of pandō (“to spread out to dry”).

Noun

passa f (plural passas)

1. dried fruit

   Synonyms: fruta seca, fruto seco

2. (specifically) raisin (dried grape)

   Synonym: uva-passa

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

passa (present passar, preterite passade, supine passat, imperative passa)

1. fit, suit; be suitable
2. (of clothes) fit; be of the right size and cut
3. pass (move the ball or puck to a teammate)
4. (by extension) give, hand over
5. look after (pets or children)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• passa in
• passa på
• passa sig
• passa upp
• passande
• passare
• passning

References

• passa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• passa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• passa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)