passare

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

passare f (plural passaris)

1. sparrow

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

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

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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 [+ a (another topic, activity, etc.) = to]

   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

• passarsi
• passaggio
• passata
• passo

passare m (invariable)

1. passing, duration, movement (of time)

   il lento passare del tempo

   the slow movement of time

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

passare

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

passare c

1. pair of compasses

• passare in Svensk ordbok.

• passera