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ellos pasaban

they were passing, they used to pass

→ pasar
pas pass + a to, at + ban they imperfect
verb · third plural · imperfect indicative Rare #32,826
they were passing, they used to pass Imperfect tense of “pasar.”
SP: Ellos pasaban por mi casa todos los días.
EN: They used to pass by my house every day.
Conjugation of pasar
SingularPlural
First pasarme —
Second pasarte —
pasarpasarlepasarsepasarnospasarlo
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First pasaba pasábamos
Third pasaba pasaban
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First pasaba pasábamos
Third pasaba pasaban

Se ponía ahí delante y se le pasaban todos los males.

She would stand there in front of it and all her troubles would disappear.

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Lo pasaban bien.

They were having a good time.

Creía que las cosas pasaban muy deprisa en América.

I thought things happened very fast in America.

— Locuras de verano (1955)

Solía preocuparme demasiado por cosas que al final nunca pasaban.

I used to worry too much about things that never ended up happening.

Las horas pasaban.

The hours passed.

Siempre nos pasaban cosas así.

Things like that always happened to us.

— Mystic River (2003)

Dije que en la vida no pasaban cosas.

I said that things didn't happen in life.

Pasaban de un lado a otro.

They were going back and forth.