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ellos pasaban

happened, took place, passed, had a good time

→ pasar
pas to pass, go through + a make or become + ban they imperfect
verb · 3rd-person plural, imperfect tense Rare #38,034
happened, took place In this form, it refers to multiple people or things in the past.
SP: A veces pasaban cosas extrañas.
EN: Strange things happened sometimes.
passed Used for time moving by.
SP: Las semanas pasaban muy rápido.
EN: The weeks passed very quickly.
had a good time In the expression «pasarlo bien».
SP: Mis amigos lo pasaban bien en la fiesta.
EN: My friends had a good time at the party.
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

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.

Creía que las cosas pasaban muy deprisa en América.

I thought things happened very fast in America.

— Summertime (1955)

Las horas pasaban.

The hours passed.

Siempre nos pasaban cosas así.

Things like that always happened to us.

— Río Místico (2003)

Lo pasaban bien.

They were having a good time.

Solía preocuparme demasiado por cosas que al final nunca pasaban.

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

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)