passa

See also: passà, passâ, and pašša

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From pas (“step”).

Noun

passa f (plural passes)

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

Synonyms

• pas

Coordinate terms

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

Etymology 2

Deverbal from passar.

Noun

passa f (plural passes)

1. (of birds) migration

   Synonym: migració

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

   Synonym: epidèmia

Etymology 3

Verb

passa

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

Further reading

• “passa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “passa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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.

Faroese

Verb

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

1. to fit (clothes)

Conjugation

Conjugation of passa (group v-30)

infinitive	passa
supine	passað
	present	past
first singular	passi	passaði
second singular	passar	passaði
third singular	passar	passaði
plural	passa	passaðu
participle (a6)1	passandi	passaður
	imperative
singular	passa!
plural	passið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Derived terms

• tað má passa (that may be so)

Finnish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

passa

1. Alternative form of pašša

Declension

Inflection of passa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		passa	passat
genitive		passan	passojen
partitive		passaa	passoja
illative		passaan	passoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		passa	passat
accusative	nom.	passa	passat
	gen.	passan
genitive		passan	passojen passain rare
partitive		passaa	passoja
inessive		passassa	passoissa
elative		passasta	passoista
illative		passaan	passoihin
adessive		passalla	passoilla
ablative		passalta	passoilta
allative		passalle	passoille
essive		passana	passoina
translative		passaksi	passoiksi
abessive		passatta	passoitta
instructive		—	passoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of passa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative passani passani accusative nom. passani passani gen. passani genitive passani passojeni passaini rare partitive passaani passojani inessive passassani passoissani elative passastani passoistani illative passaani passoihini adessive passallani passoillani ablative passaltani passoiltani allative passalleni passoilleni essive passanani passoinani translative passakseni passoikseni abessive passattani passoittani instructive — — comitative — passoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative passasi passasi accusative nom. passasi passasi gen. passasi genitive passasi passojesi passaisi rare partitive passaasi passojasi inessive passassasi passoissasi elative passastasi passoistasi illative passaasi passoihisi adessive passallasi passoillasi ablative passaltasi passoiltasi allative passallesi passoillesi essive passanasi passoinasi translative passaksesi passoiksesi abessive passattasi passoittasi instructive — — comitative — passoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative passamme passamme accusative nom. passamme passamme gen. passamme genitive passamme passojemme passaimme rare partitive passaamme passojamme inessive passassamme passoissamme elative passastamme passoistamme illative passaamme passoihimme adessive passallamme passoillamme ablative passaltamme passoiltamme allative passallemme passoillemme essive passanamme passoinamme translative passaksemme passoiksemme abessive passattamme passoittamme instructive — — comitative — passoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative passanne passanne accusative nom. passanne passanne gen. passanne genitive passanne passojenne passainne rare partitive passaanne passojanne inessive passassanne passoissanne elative passastanne passoistanne illative passaanne passoihinne adessive passallanne passoillanne ablative passaltanne passoiltanne allative passallenne passoillenne essive passananne passoinanne translative passaksenne passoiksenne abessive passattanne passoittanne instructive — — comitative — passoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative passansa passansa accusative nom. passansa passansa gen. passansa genitive passansa passojensa passainsa rare partitive passaansa passojaan passojansa inessive passassaan passassansa passoissaan passoissansa elative passastaan passastansa passoistaan passoistansa illative passaansa passoihinsa adessive passallaan passallansa passoillaan passoillansa ablative passaltaan passaltansa passoiltaan passoiltansa allative passalleen passallensa passoilleen passoillensa essive passanaan passanansa passoinaan passoinansa translative passakseen passaksensa passoikseen passoiksensa abessive passattaan passattansa passoittaan passoittansa instructive — — comitative — passoineen passoinensa

Anagrams

• sapsa

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

passa

1. third-person singular past historic of passer

Anagrams

• sapas

Galician

Verb

passa

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

Icelandic

Etymology

The "take care of" sense is borrowed from Danish passe (“to look after”), while the "fit" sense is also from passe in the "fit" sense.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

Conjugation

passa – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að passa
supine sagnbót		passað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		passandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	passa	passaði		passi	passaði
	þú	passar	passaðir		passir	passaðir
	hann, hún, það	passar	passaði		passi	passaði
plural	við	pössum	pössuðum		pössum	pössuðum
	þið	passið	pössuðuð		passið	pössuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	passa	pössuðu		passi	pössuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	passa (þú), passaðu
plural	þið	passið (þið), passiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

passast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að passast
supine sagnbót		passast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		passandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	passast	passaðist		passist	passaðist
	þú	passast	passaðist		passist	passaðist
	hann, hún, það	passast	passaðist		passist	passaðist
plural	við	pössumst	pössuðumst		pössumst	pössuðumst
	þið	passist	pössuðust		passist	pössuðust
	þeir, þær, þau	passast	pössuðust		passist	pössuðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	passast (þú), passastu
plural	þið	passist (þið), passisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

passaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	passaður	pössuð	passað	passaðir	passaðar	pössuð
accusative (þolfall)	passaðan	passaða	passað	passaða	passaðar	pössuð
dative (þágufall)	pössuðum	passaðri	pössuðu	pössuðum	pössuðum	pössuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	passaðs	passaðrar	passaðs	passaðra	passaðra	passaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	passaði	passaða	passaða	pössuðu	pössuðu	pössuðu
accusative (þolfall)	passaða	pössuðu	passaða	pössuðu	pössuðu	pössuðu
dative (þágufall)	passaða	pössuðu	passaða	pössuðu	pössuðu	pössuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	passaða	pössuðu	passaða	pössuðu	pössuðu	pössuðu

Derived terms

• passa sig

Interlingua

Verb

passa

1. present of passar
2. imperative of passar

Italian

Verb

passa

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

Noun

passa f (plural passe)

1. Only used in e passa.

Anagrams

• spasa

Ladin

Verb

passa

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

Latin

Participle

passa

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

References

• "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)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

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

Noun

passa n

1. definite plural of pass

Verb

passa

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

passa n

1. definite plural of pass

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀲𑁆𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• पस्स (Devanagari script)
• পস্স (Bengali script)
• පස‍්ස (Sinhalese script)
• ပဿ or ပသ်သ (Burmese script)
• ปสฺส or ปัสสะ (Thai script)
• ᨷᩔ (Tai Tham script)
• ປສ຺ສ or ປັສສະ (Lao script)
• បស្ស (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄥𑄴𑄥 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

See passati.

Verb

passa

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

Etymology 2

Possibly inherited from Sanskrit पश्य (paśya) but also possibly a byform of Pali passant (“seeing”).

Noun

passa m

1. One who sees

Usage notes

This might actually be an adjective.

Declension

Declension table of "passa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	passo	passā
Accusative (second)	passaṃ	passe
Instrumental (third)	passena	passehi or passebhi
Dative (fourth)	passassa or passāya or passatthaṃ	passānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	passasmā or passamhā or passā	passehi or passebhi
Genitive (sixth)	passassa	passānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	passasmiṃ or passamhi or passe	passesu
Vocative (calling)	passa	passā

Etymology 3

Inherited from Sanskrit पार्श्व (pārśva).

Noun

passa m or n

1. side, flank

Declension

Declension table of "passa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	passo	passā
Accusative (second)	passaṃ	passe
Instrumental (third)	passena	passehi or passebhi
Dative (fourth)	passassa or passāya or passatthaṃ	passānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	passasmā or passamhā or passā	passehi or passebhi
Genitive (sixth)	passassa	passānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	passasmiṃ or passamhi or passe	passesu
Vocative (calling)	passa	passā

Some forms are different when the noun is neuter:

Declension table of "passa" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	passaṃ	passāni
Accusative (second)	passaṃ	passāni
Vocative (calling)	passa	passāni

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French passe.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

passa f

1. streak (continuous series of events)

Declension

Declension of passa

	singular	plural
nominative	passa	passy
genitive	passy	pass
dative	passie	passom
accusative	passę	passy
instrumental	passą	passami
locative	passie	passach
vocative	passo	passy

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.sɐ/

• Rhymes: -asɐ
• Hyphenation: pas‧sa

Etymology 1

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

Noun

passa f (plural passas)

1. dried fruit
   1. (specifically) raisin (dried grape)

      Synonym: uva-passa

Etymology 2

Verb

passa

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

Interjection

passa!

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

Swedish

Alternative forms

• (archaic) paßa

Etymology

From German passen or Dutch passen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpasˌa/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

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)

Conjugation

Conjugation of passa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	passa		passas
supine	passat		passats
imperative	passa		—
imper. plural1	passen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	passar	passade	passas	passades
ind. plural1	passa	passade	passas	passades
subjunctive2	passe	passade	passes	passades
present participle		passande
past participle		passad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

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

References

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