"to pass (go by)" in seven languages
Meaningto pass (go by)
Spanish
pasar
/paˈsaɾ/
inherited
To pass an exam is aprobar.
French
passer
/pase/
inherited
Passer un examen means to take it; passing is réussir.
Italian
passare
/pasˈsare/
inherited
Passare un esame really is to pass it.
Portuguese
passar
/paˈsah/
inherited
Romanian
trece
/ˈtretʃe/
other source · Latin TRĀICERE 'to carry across, to cross'
Catalan
passar
/pəˈsa/
inherited
English
pass
/pæs/
from Latin/French · Old French passer
English → Italianto pass (go by)passareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
*PASSĀRE‘to step, go through (from PASSUS 'step')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spoken Latin made a verb out of PASSUS 'a step'. The exam trap: in French you can passer an exam and still fail it.
English relatives: pace, passage, passenger, passport
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In a sentence
- esEl tiempo pasa rápido.
- frLe temps passe vite.
- itIl tempo passa in fretta.
- ptO tempo passa rápido.
- roTimpul trece repede.
- caEl temps passa de pressa.
- enTime passes quickly.
More words from the same Latin
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- to createcrearcréercrearecriarcreacrear
- to limit, to restrictlimitarlimiterlimitarelimitarlimitalimitar
- to spend (money)gastardépenserspenderegastarcheltuigastar
- to allow, to permitpermitirpermettrepermetteredeixarlăsadeixar