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ils passèrent

passed, went by, spent

→ passer
pass to pass, to skip + èrent they past tense
verb · 3rd-person plural, past tense Rare #35,636
passed, went by This is a literary past-tense form, mainly used in written narratives.
FR: Ils passèrent devant la maison sans s'arrêter.
EN: They passed by the house without stopping.
spent This is a literary past-tense form, mainly used in written narratives.
FR: Elles passèrent la journée au jardin.
EN: They spent the day in the garden.
Conjugation of passer
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third passa passèrent

Deux semaines passèrent.

Two weeks passed.

Phileas Fogg et Mrs. Aouda passèrent à bord.

Phileas Fogg and Mrs. Aouda went aboard.

Vingt minutes, trente minutes passèrent.

Twenty minutes, thirty minutes went by.

Et d'autres voitures passèrent.

And other cars went by.

Après dix minutes, ils passèrent à un nouveau sujet.

After ten minutes, they moved on to a new topic.

Tom et Mary passèrent la matinée entière à nettoyer la maison.

Tom and Mary spent the whole morning cleaning the house.

Ils passèrent la totalité de la journée sur la plage.

They spent the whole day on the beach.