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de pasada

in passing

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in passing Often means doing or seeing something briefly while on the way. In chess, tomar de pasada means to capture en passant.
SP: Pasé por la tienda de pasada.
EN: I stopped by the store while I was passing through.

Sí, solo quiero ver la plaza de pasada.

Yeah, I just want to take a quick look at the square as I pass by.

— Todo sobre mi madre (1999)

Bueno, quizás la vea de nuevo, de pasada.

Well, maybe I'll see her again, in passing.

Que no estás de visita, que no estás de pasada, que allí vives, carajo.

You're not just visiting, you're not just passing through, you live there, damn it.

— Había una vez en Hollywood (2019)

El peón blanco tomó al peón negro de pasada.

The white pawn took the black pawn en passant.