pase

See also: paṣẹ, pasé, pasë, pasê, påse, pasę, and páše

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pase.

Noun

pase (plural pases)

1. A maneuver in bullfighting in which a bullfighter tries to get a bull's attention by manipulating his cape.

Usage notes

This term is not fully naturalized in English and is thus sometimes italicized.

Anagrams

• SEPA, Peas, Paes, PEAs, spae, peas, APEs, Sepa, apse, EAPs, EPAs, apes, PESA

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pase.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pas̺e/ [pa.s̺e]
• Rhymes: -as̺e, -e
• Hyphenation: pa‧se

Noun

pase inan

1. migration of birds
2. pass, entrance
3. (sports) pass (the act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another)

Declension

Declension of pase (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	pase	pasea	paseak	paseok
ergative	pasek	paseak	paseek	paseok
dative	paseri	paseari	paseei	paseoi
genitive	paseren	pasearen	paseen	paseon
comitative	paserekin	pasearekin	paseekin	paseokin
causative	paserengatik	pasearengatik	paseengatik	paseongatik
benefactive	paserentzat	pasearentzat	paseentzat	paseontzat
instrumental	pasez	paseaz	paseez	paseotaz
innesive	pasetan	pasean	paseetan	paseotan
locative	pasetako	paseko	paseetako	paseotako
allative	pasetara	pasera	paseetara	paseotara
terminative	pasetaraino	paseraino	paseetaraino	paseotaraino
directive	pasetarantz	paserantz	paseetarantz	paseotarantz
destinative	pasetarako	paserako	paseetarako	paseotarako
ablative	pasetatik	pasetik	paseetatik	paseotatik
partitive	paserik	—	—	—
prolative	pasetzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• paseko (“migrating”)

Further reading

• “pase”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “pase”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpasɛ]
• Rhymes: -asɛ
• Hyphenation: pa‧se

Verb

pase

1. third-person singular present indicative of pást

Anagrams

• pesa

Dutch

Verb

pase

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of pasen

Galician

Verb

pase

1. inflection of pasar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pase/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From French passer.

Verb

pase

1. (ambitransitive) to pass
2. (transitive) to put
3. (transitive) to iron
4. (intransitive) to come to pass, to happen, to take place
5. (intransitive) to die

Related terms

• pas

Preposition

pase

1. than

Alternative forms

• ke

Derived terms

• pase pou

Etymology 2

From French passé (“past”).

Adjective

pase

1. past
2. last

Latvian

Noun

pase f (5th declension)

1. passport

Declension

Declension of pase (5th)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	pase	pases
genitive	pases	pasu
dative	pasei	pasēm
accusative	pasi	pases
instrumental	pasi	pasēm
locative	pasē	pasēs
vocative	pase	pases

Anagrams

• apse

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpasɛ/, [ˈpasə]

Noun

pase

1. nominative/accusative plural of pas

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

pase (Cyrillic spelling пасе)

1. third-person singular present of pȃsti

Slovene

Verb

páse

1. third-person singular present of pásti (“to graze”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpase/ [ˈpa.se]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ase
• Syllabification: pa‧se

Etymology 1

Deverbal from pasar.

Noun

pase m (plural pases)

1. pass, permit
2. (sports) pass (the act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another)

Derived terms

• autopase
• pase de lista

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pase

1. inflection of pasar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “pase”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025