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Pasar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to pass”.
Below are all of the conjugations for pasar in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to pass |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | pasar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está pasando) and past continuous (estaba pasando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. passing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he pasado and hubiera pasado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have passed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | pasando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | pasado |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I pass” or “they pass”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | paso |
| Tú | pasas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | pasa |
| Nosotros / as | pasamos |
| Vosotros / as | pasáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | pasan |
| Vos | pasás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I passed” or “she passed” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | pasé | I passed |
| Tú | pasaste | You passed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | pasó | He / she / you passed |
| Nosotros / as | pasamos | We passed |
| Vosotros / as | pasasteis | You passed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | pasaron | They / you passed |
| Vos | pasaste | You passed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was passing” or “she was passing” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | pasaba | I was passing |
| Tú | pasabas | You were passing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | pasaba | He was / she was / you were passing |
| Nosotros / as | pasábamos | We were passing |
| Vosotros / as | pasabais | You were passing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | pasaban | They / you were passing |
| Vos | pasabas | You were passing |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have passed” and “she has passed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he pasado | I have passed |
| Tú | has pasado | You have passed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha pasado | He has / she has / you have passed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos pasado | We have passed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis pasado | You have passed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han pasado | They / you have passed |
| Vos | has pasado | You have passed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would pass” or “she would pass”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | pasaría | I would pass |
| Tú | pasarías | You would pass |
| Él / Ella / Usted | pasaría | He / she / you would pass |
| Nosotros / as | pasaríamos | We would pass |
| Vosotros / as | pasaríais | You would pass |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | pasarían | They / you would pass |
| Vos | pasarías | You would pass |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will pass” or “they will pass”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a pasar” means “They are going to pass”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | pasaré | I will pass |
| Tú | pasarás | You will pass |
| Él / Ella / Usted | pasará | He / she / you will pass |
| Nosotros / as | pasaremos | We will pass |
| Vosotros / as | pasaréis | You will pass |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | pasarán | They / you will pass |
| Vos | pasarás | You will pass |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | pase |
| Tú | pases |
| Él / Ella / Usted | pase |
| Nosotros / as | pasemos |
| Vosotros / as | paséis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | pasen |
| Vos | pases |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | pasara | pasase |
| Tú | pasaras | pasase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | pasara | pasase |
| Nosotros / as | pasáramos | pasásemos |
| Vosotros / as | pasarais | pasaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | pasaran | pasasen |
| Vos | pasaras | pasase |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | pasare |
| Tú | pasares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | pasare |
| Nosotros / as | pasáremos |
| Vosotros / as | pasareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | pasaren |
| Vos | pasares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “pass!” and “don’t pass!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | pasa | no pases |
| Él / Ella / Usted | pase | no pase |
| Nosotros / as | pasemos | no pasemos |
| Vosotros / as | pasad | no paséis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | pasen | no pasen |
| Vos | pasá | no pases |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya pasado |
| Tú | hayas pasado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya pasado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos pasado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis pasado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan pasado |
| Vos | hayas pasado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera pasado / hubiese pasado |
| Tú | hubieras pasado / hubieses pasado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera pasado / hubiese pasado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos pasado / hubiésemos pasado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais pasado / hubieseis pasado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran pasado / hubiesen pasado |
| Vos | hubieras pasado / hubieses pasado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere pasado |
| Tú | hubieres pasado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere pasado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos pasado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis pasado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren pasado |
| Vos | hubieres pasado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté pasando |
| Tú | estés pasando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté pasando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos pasando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis pasando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén pasando |
| Vos | estés pasando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera pasando / estuviese pasando |
| Tú | estuvieras pasando / estuvieses pasando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera pasando / estuviese pasando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos pasando / estuviésamos pasando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais pasando / estuvieseis pasando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera pasando / estuviese pasando |
| Vos | estuvieras pasando / estuvieses pasando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere pasando |
| Tú | estuvieres pasando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere pasando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos pasando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis pasando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere pasando |
| Vos | estuvieres pasando |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos pasás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos pasaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos pasabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos pasarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos pasarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos pases |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos pasaras / Vos pasase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos pasá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no pases |
