Passar

Question 1

Ele passou pela rua”

Answer 1

Physical passage:
(He passed through the street)

Question 2

O tempo passa rápido

Answer 2

Time passage:
(Time passes quickly)

Question 3

A água passa de líquida a vapor

Answer 3

Transition of state:
(Water goes from liquid to vapor)

Question 4

Passa-me o sal

Answer 4

-Giving/handing over:
(Pass me the salt)

Question 5

isso vai passar

Answer 5

(this will pass), they’re invoking a cultural wisdom about the transitory nature of difficulties. It’s not just temporal - it’s philosophical.

Question 6

O que se passou?

Answer 6

(What happened/transpired?)

“Passar-se” often means “to happen” but with a nuance of something unfolding or developing: . This usage suggests that events don’t just occur - they “pass through” reality.

Question 7

Passar bem/mal

Answer 7

(to be well/unwell) - literally “to pass well/badly”

Question 8

Passar por

Answer 8

can mean to experience, endure, or be mistaken for

Question 9

Passar a

Answer 9

indicates beginning a new action or state

Question 10

Passei por momentos difíceis

Answer 10

(I passed through difficult moments)
suggests that hardship is a terrain to traverse rather than a static condition.

Question 11

Passar raiva

Answer 11

(to experience anger)
literally means anger “passes” - it arrives, occupies space, then moves on.

Question 12

Como passou o dia?

Answer 12

(How did the day pass?)
treats time as something that moves through us, not something we move through.

Question 13

passou a ser professor

Answer 13

(became a teacher), they’re describing a journey across professional terrain.

“Passar a ser” (to become) literally means “to pass to being” - even identity changes are movements from one state to another. When someone says