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pasanaku: a form of economic agreement based on trust in which members of a group help each other out financially
pasancalla: A piece of popcorn.
pasante: intern, trainee; assistant; clerk; articled clerk
pasante: passant
pasante de pluma: a paralegal or lawyer's scribe
pasantía: internship, practicum
pasanza: exemption from tolls or portage fees.
pasapalo: appetizer
pasapiezas: bughouse chess
pasaporte: passport
pasaportú: saw
pasapurés: masher, potato masher
pasapán: pharynx
pasar: to pass, to hand, to slip; to happen; to pass, to get past, to go past, to go by, to go over, to get through; (of time) to pass; to enter a room
pasar a cuchillo: to put to the sword
pasar a degüello: to slit someone's throat
pasar a mayores: to get worse, to worsen
pasar a mejor vida: to pass away
pasar a un segundo plano: to take a back seat, to play second fiddle, to be on the back burner, to fade into the background
pasar apuros: to have a hard time
pasar de castaño oscuro: to be beyond a joke; to go too far
pasar de largo: to go straight past; to ignore; to blank
pasar el rato: to kill time; to hang out
pasar el rodillo: to steamroller; to storm; to paint with a paintbrush; to use a rolling pin
pasar factura: to take its toll (on)
pasar la aspiradora: to vacuum
pasar la bola: to pass the buck
pasar la gorra: to pass round the hat
pasar las de Caín: to go through hell
pasar las de Quico y Caco: to go through hell
pasar lista: to call roll
pasar malam: an Indonesian or Malay night market
pasar por alto: to overlook; to skip, forgo
pasar por el aro: to jump through hoops; to fall in line
pasar por la piedra: to humiliate; to have one's wicked way (with)
pasar por las horcas caudinas: to face the music, bite the bullet
pasar página: to turn the page, turn over a new leaf
pasar revista: to do the rounds; to inspect the troops
pasar tiempo: to spend time
pasarela: catwalk; footbridge, pedestrian overpass; gangway
pasarlas canutas: have a bad time about it
pasarlas moradas: have a bad time about it
pasarlas negras: have a bad time about it
pasarlas putas: have a bad time about it
pasarlo: to enjoy (oneself in a certain way)
pasarlo bien: to have a good time
pasarlo bomba: to have a whale of a time; to have a blast
pasarlo en grande: to have a whale of a time
pasarlo pipa: to have a whale of a time
pasarlo teta: to have a whale of a time
pasarruedas: wheel arch
pasarse de frenada: to brake a car or vehicle too late, and therefore go off the road; to overshoot, to go too far, to exceed, to overreach (to do something beyond an appropriate limit, or beyond one's ability)
pasarse de la raya: to cross the line, step out of line, go too far
pasarse de listo: to get in out of one's depth; to bite off more than one can chew
pasarse de rosca: to wear down, wear out or wear off the thread of a nut and therefore does not grip the nut; to go too far, overstep the mark, to overshoot
pasarse el arroz: to be over the hill, to be past one's prime
pasarse la vida: to be forever doing (something)
pasarse siete pueblos: to go too far, go past the limit
pasarse tres pueblos: to go too far, go past the limit
pasatiempo: pastime