passer
Meanings
Verb
1. to go past
2. to cross (a border)
3. to pass (law)
4. to spend (time)
5. to publish (a newspaper)
6. to take, to sit (an exam or test) (transitive)
7. to pass (an exam or test) (intransitive)
8. (transitive) to pass (an exam or test) (dated)
9. to run (public transportation)
10. to exceed (a limit)
11. to percolate
12. to hand down, to pass on
13. to be allowed
14. to pass, to go (between two entities) (intransitive)
15. to show (a movie) (transitive)
16. to go up (a grade)
17. to shift (change gear)
a. to go down
b. to go up
18. to stop by, to pop in
19. to pass away, to die
20. to spin (e.g. a disk) (music)
21. to show (be on television) (television)
22. to pass (kick, throw, hit etc. the ball to another player) (sports)
23. to pass (the relay baton) (athletics)
24. to pass on (infect someone else with a disease)
25. to put, to place, to slip (move a part of one's body somewhere else) (transitive)
26. to wipe, rub
27. to skip a go
28. to put (make something undergo something)
29. to pass (not play upon one's turn) (card games)
30. to take place, to happen, to come to pass (reflexive)
31. to go by (reflexive, for time)
32. to do without (reflexive)
33. to don
34. to be thought to be, to be said to be, to be taken for (intransitive)
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se faire passer pour
to pass oneself off as, to pose as, to impersonate
Il est passé nous voir.
He stopped by to see us.
J'ai passé les vacances en Espagne.
I spent the holidays in Spain.
Le train passe toutes les vingt minutes.
The train runs every 20 minutes.
Il est passé à l'examen.
He passed the exam.
Il a passé l'examen.
He passed the exam.