passare

From Latin passer, passerem. Compare Italian passero, Romansh 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. (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

• 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