Pasáis

Pasáis is the segunda persona del plural del presente de indicativo del verbo pasar in Spanish. It corresponds to the subject pronoun vosotros and is used mainly in Spain. The form signals the action of “you all pass,” “you all go through,” or “you all spend,” depending on the context.

Common meanings and uses include passing by a location, going through a process, or spending time. Examples: “Hoy pasáis por la oficina a las ocho” (Today you all pass by the office at eight), “Durante las vacaciones, pasáis mucho tiempo en la playa” (During the holidays you all spend a lot of time on the beach). The verb also supports other senses of pasar, such as “to happen” or “to occur” in fixed expressions, but those meanings are conveyed by different constructions.

Regional note: in Latin America, the vosotros form is not typically used; instead, ustedes pasaron and ustedes pasan are used for the second person plural. In those dialects, the corresponding form would be “ustedes pasan,” not “vosotros pasáis.” The vosotros/passarse distinction is a hallmark of standard Spanish varieties in Spain.

Orthography and pronunciation: pasáis carries an accent on the í to indicate stress on the last syllable of the word’s two-syllable unit. The pronunciation emphasizes the -áis ending, aligning with other verbs in the vosotros conjugation.

Conjugation context: pasáis belongs to the regular -ar verb group. Other familiar forms of pasar include paso, pasas, pasa, pasamos, pasáis, pasan. Etymologically, it derives from the Spanish verb pasar, itself tracing to Latin passāre, related to stepping or crossing.