pasaba

i was passing by, passed, spent


Verb pasaba

  1. First-person singular (yo) imperfect indicative form of pasar.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) imperfect indicative form of pasar.

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Examples
  • Cuanto más tiempo pasaba en París, más me gustaba.

    The longer I stayed in Paris, the more I liked it.

  • Un coche que pasaba nos salpicó.

    A passing car splashed water on us.

  • El coche que pasaba me salpicó agua embarrada.

    The passing car splashed muddy water on me.

  • No pasaba nada entre nosotros.

    Nothing was happening between us.

  • Él confirmó que le pasaba algo a su coche.

    He confirmed that something was wrong with his car.

  • Como suele ser habitual con la gente joven, él pasaba del dinero.

    As is often the case with young people, he was indifferent to money.

  • Cuando yo era niña, pasaba horas sola leyendo en mi pieza.

    When I was a child, I would spend hours reading alone in my room.

  • A medida que pasaba el tiempo, la gente se iba preocupando cada vez más por la cuestión.

    As time went on, people grew more and more concerned about the matter.

  • Tom pasaba la aspiradora a la alfombra mientras Mary fregaba el suelo de la cocina.

    Tom was vacuuming the rug while Mary was mopping the kitchen floor.

  • A Cristóbal Colón no le gustaban los burdeles españoles, ya que le parecían sucios y demasiado caros. En su lugar, se iba al mar, donde era atraído (a propósito) por la canción de una sirena, y pasaba un buen rato.

    Christopher Columbus disliked Spanish brothels, as he found them dirty and too expensive. Instead, he would go out to sea, get lured in - on purpose - by the Siren's song, and then have a rocking good time.

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