passar o Natal

spend Christmas

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spend Christmas Used to describe where or with whom someone spends the Christmas holiday. The verb changes form according to the subject, such as passei for “I spent” and vai passar for “will spend.”

PO: Vamos passar o Natal na casa dos meus avós.

EN: We’re going to spend Christmas at my grandparents’ house.

Vamos passar o Natal na casa do tio Pablo.

We’re going to spend Christmas at Uncle Pablo’s house.

— Roma (2018)

Você não vai passar o Natal com Tom?

Aren’t you going to spend Christmas with Tom?

Tom queria passar o Natal com sua família.

Tom wanted to spend Christmas with his family.

Com quem você irá passar o Natal?

Who will you be spending Christmas with?

Você a convidou para passar o Natal aqui?

Did you invite her to spend Christmas here?

Eu vou passar o Natal com a minha família.

I'm going to spend Christmas with my family.

Tom, com quem você vai passar o Natal?

Tom, who are you going to spend Christmas with?

Ele ficou muito preocupado em ter que passar o Natal no hospital.

He was very worried about having to spend Christmas in the hospital.