passare

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See also: passaré

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin passer, passerem. Compare Italian passero, Romansch pasler, Romanian pasăre, French passereau, Spanish pájaro.

Noun

passare f (plural passaris)

  1. sparrow

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *passāre, derived from Latin passus (“step”, noun).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pasˈsa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: pas‧sà‧re
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Verb

passàre (first-person singular present pàsso, first-person singular past historic passài, past participle passàto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to pass (all senses)
  2. (intransitive) to exist; to there be; to take place
    Synonyms: esistere, esserci, intercorrere, avere luogo
    tra noi non passano più le relazioni amichevoli di prima
    the friendly relations of before don't exist between us anymore
  3. (intransitive) to live experiencing difficulties; to go (through)
    passare attraverso dispiaceri ― to go through sorrows
  4. (transitive, intransitive) to go too far; to exceed
    Synonyms: superare, eccedere, oltrepassare
    passare di cottura ― to overcook (literally, “to exceed the cooking (time)”)
    l'ha passato in altezza ― he overtook him in height
  5. (ergative) to graduate or be promoted to a higher level
    passare in testa ― to take the lead (literally, “be promoted into the lead”)
    passare capitano ― to exceed the (rank of) captain
    mi hanno passato in quinta ― they promoted me to fifth
  6. (intransitive) to move on
    passa a parlare d'altro
    he is moving on to speak of something else
  7. (transitive) to go over or through
    Synonyms: attraversare, oltrepassare
    passare il fiume ― to go over the river
  8. (transitive) to rub (a surface) with
    Synonym: strofinare
    passare una spugna umida sui mobili
    to scrub the furniture with a damp sponge
  9. (transitive) to transfer; to move
    Synonyms: trasferire, spostare
  10. (transitive) to accept; to tolerate; to forgive
    Synonyms: accettare, tollerare, perdonare
    posso passargli tutto, ma non i soldi
    I can forgive him for everything, but not for the money
  11. (transitive with per) to be thought to be, to be said to be, to be taken for
    passare per stupido ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    far passare qualcuno per cattivo ― to make someone out to be evil
    farsi passare per ― to pass oneself off as, to pose as, to impersonate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of passàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive passàre
auxiliary verb èssere1, avére2 gerund passàndo
present participle passànte past participle passàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present pàsso pàssi pàssa passiàmo passàte pàssano
imperfect passàvo passàvi passàva passavàmo passavàte passàvano
past historic passài passàsti passò passàmmo passàste passàrono
future passerò passerài passerà passerémo passeréte passerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present passerèi passerésti passerèbbe, passerébbe passerémmo passeréste passerèbbero, passerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present pàssi pàssi pàssi passiàmo passiàte pàssino
imperfect passàssi passàssi passàsse passàssimo passàste passàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
pàssa pàssi passiàmo passàte pàssino
negative imperative non passàre non pàssi non passiàmo non passàte non pàssino

1Intransitive.
2Transitive.

Related terms

Noun

passare m (invariable)

  1. passing, duration, movement (of time)
    il lento passare del tempo
    the slow movement of time

Anagrams

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Verb

passare

  1. third-person plural present middle of passati (“to see”)

Swedish

Noun

passare c

  1. pair of compasses

Declension

Declension of passare 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative passare passaren passare passarna
Genitive passares passarens passares passarnas

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