Pasasteis

Pasasteis is the second-person plural preterite (simple past) form of the Spanish verb pasar. It is used with the pronoun vosotros, which is standard in Spain and some regional dialects. The form corresponds to English “you all passed,” “you all spent,” or “you all passed by,” depending on the sense of pasar in the sentence. In most of Latin America, donde ustedes would be used instead of vosotros, and the equivalent preterite would be ustedes pasaron.

Pasar is a versatile verb with senses including to pass, to happen, to go past, and to spend (time or money). In the preterite, pasasteis signals a completed past action or a sequence of events involving the group addressed. The form is regular for the -ar conjugation: the stem is pasar, and the ending for vosotros in the preterite is -asteis, yielding pasasteis.

Usage notes and examples: Because vosotros forms are not used in many varieties of Spanish, pasasteis is often translated as “you all passed” or “you all spent” depending on context, and can be replaced by pasaron or ustedes pasaron in regions that favor ustedes. Examples: “Ayer vosotros pasasteis por el parque sin saludar.” (Yesterday you all passed through the park without greeting.) “Durante las vacaciones, vosotros pasasteis mucho tiempo en la playa.” (During the vacation you all spent a lot of time on the beach.)

See also: pasar, verb conjugation, preterite tense, vosotros.