pasarse la vida

Spanish

Verb

pasarse la vida (first-person singular present me paso la vida, first-person singular preterite me pasé la vida, past participle pasado la vida)

1. (idiomatic) to be forever doing (something)

   Se pasa la vida viendo la tele.

   She's forever watching the telly.

Further reading

• “pasarse alguien la vida haciendo algo o en un lugar”, 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