passare

See also: passaré

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin passer, passerem. Compare Italian passero, Romansh 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

• Audio:

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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. (ambitransitive) 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. (ambitransitive) 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 [with a ‘to another topic, activity, etc.’]

   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. (intransitive) to be thought to be, to be said to be, to be taken for [with per]

    passare per stupido ― to appear stupid

    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	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

• passarsi
• passaggio
• passata
• passo

Noun

passare m (invariable)

1. passing, duration, movement (of time)

   il lento passare del tempo

   the slow movement of time

Anagrams

• aspersa, esparsa, parasse, passera, passerà, rapasse

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀭𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• पस्सरे (Devanagari script)
• পস্সরে (Bengali script)
• පස‍්සරෙ (Sinhalese script)
• ပဿရေ or ပသ်သရေ (Burmese script)
• ปสฺสเร or ปัสสะเร (Thai script)
• ᨷᩔᩁᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ປສ຺ສເຣ or ປັສສະເຣ (Lao script)
• បស្សរេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄥𑄴𑄥𑄢𑄬 (Chakma script)

Verb

passare

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

Swedish

Noun

passare c

1. pair of compasses

Declension

Declension of passare

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	passare	passares
	definite	passaren	passarens
plural	indefinite	passare	passares
	definite	passarna	passarnas

Further reading

• “passare”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• passera