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English
Noun
passado (plural passados or passadoes)
- Alternative form of passade
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Galician
Participle
passado (feminine passada, masculine plural passados, feminine plural passadas)
- past participle of passar
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese passado, corresponding to passar (“to pass”) + -ado.
Pronunciation
Adjective
passado (feminine passada, masculine plural passados, feminine plural passadas)
- past (of the past)
- Glórias passadas. ― Past glories.
- (with time periods) last; previous (nouns modified by passado in this sense can be noun phrases or adverb phrases)
- Ano passado li três livros. ― I read three books last year.
- No ano passado li três livros. ― I read three books in the previous year.
- (of fruit) past its ripeness; beginning to rot
- (figuratively) past its prime
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Descendants
Noun
passado m (plural passados)
- past (period of time that has already happened)
- No passado as pessoas não liam muitos livros. ― In the past people didn’t read many books.
- (grammar) past; past tense (verb tense expressing actions that already happened)
- Synonym: pretérito
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Participle
passado (feminine passada, masculine plural passados, feminine plural passadas)
- past participle of passar
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