pasarlas negras

Spanish

Verb

pasarlas negras (first-person singular present las paso negras, first-person singular preterite las pasé negras, past participle las pasado negras)

1. (idiomatic) have a bad time about it

See also

• vérselas y deseárselas

Further reading

• “pasarlas negras”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10