passa

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpa.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈpa.sa]
• Rhymes: -asa

From pas (“step”).

passa f (plural passes)

1. step, pace
2. (historical, measure) Spanish pace, a former unit of length

• pas

• (unit of length): peu (⅕ passa), vara (⅗ passa), braça (1⅕ passa)

Deverbal from passar.

passa f (plural passes)

1. (of birds) migration

   Synonym: migració

2. epidemic (a widespread disease that affects many individuals in a population)

   Synonym: epidèmia

passa

1. inflection of passar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “passa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “passa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “passa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “passa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

passa (third person singular past indicative passaði, third person plural past indicative passað, supine passað)

1. to fit (clothes)

• tað má passa (that may be so)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑsːɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝s̠ːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑsːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pas‧sa

passa

1. Alternative form of pašša

• sapsa

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passa

1. third-person singular past historic of passer

• sapas

passa

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of passar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰasːa/
• Rhymes: -asːa

passa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative passaði, supine passað)

1. to fit (be the right size and shape, also of clothing), to be convenient, to be appropriate
2. to look after, mind, to babysit

• passa sig

passa

1. present of passar
2. imperative of passar

passa

1. inflection of passare:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative

• spasa

passa

1. inflection of passer:
   1. third-person singular/plural present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

passa

1. inflection of passus:
   1. nominative/vocative/ablative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

• passa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

• passene (of noun)
• passet (of verb)

passa n

1. definite plural of pass

passa

1. inflection of passe:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

passa n

1. definite plural of pass

See passati.

passa

1. second-person singular imperative active of passati (“to see”)

Possibly inherited from Sanskrit पश्य (paśya)[1] but also possibly a byform of Pali passant (“seeing”)[2]

passa m

1. One who sees[1]

This might actually be an adjective.

Inherited from Sanskrit पार्श्व (pārśva)

passa m or n

1. side, flank[1]

Some forms are different when the noun is neuter:

Borrowed from French passe.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpas.sa/
• Rhymes: -assa
• Syllabification: pas‧sa

passa f

1. streak (continuous series of events)

• passa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• passa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Rhymes: -asɐ
• Hyphenation: pas‧sa

passa

1. inflection of passar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

passa!

1. shoo!; get away!; clear off! (said to an animal)

From Latin passa, feminine of passus (“dried”), past participle of pandō (“to spread out to dry”).

passa f (plural passas)

1. dried fruit

   Synonyms: fruta seca, fruto seco

2. (specifically) raisin (dried grape)

   Synonym: uva-passa

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passa (present passar, preterite passade, supine passat, imperative passa)

1. fit, suit; be suitable
2. (of clothes) fit; be of the right size and cut
3. pass (move the ball or puck to a teammate)
4. (by extension) give, hand over
5. look after (pets or children)

• passa in
• passa på
• passa sig
• passa upp
• passande
• passare
• passning

• passa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• passa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• passa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)