qué pasó
0 antonyms and opposites of qué pasó, grouped by meaning.
Phrase — A Spanish question meaning 'what happened?', asking about something that has already taken place.
Synonyms by Meaning
1. phrase
A Spanish question meaning 'what happened?', asking about something that has already taken place.
“He came in with a torn shirt and everyone said, qué pasó?”
2. phrase informal
Used loosely in casual speech, especially in Mexico and among Mexican-American speakers, as a greeting on the pattern of 'what's up?'.
“Qué pasó, güey, you coming out tonight?”
How to Use Qué Pasó
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
Informal. Written with accents on both words; English speakers often write it as que paso, which strictly means something else in Spanish.
Etymology
Spanish qué 'what' plus pasó, the preterite of pasar 'to happen'.
Full origin of qué pasó →Frequently Asked Questions
Does qué pasó mean the same as qué pasa?
Not quite. Qué pasó asks what happened in the past, while qué pasa asks what is happening now and doubles as a greeting. In very casual Mexican speech qué pasó is also used as a hello, but the tense difference is the core distinction.
Why is it written que paso online?
Because English keyboards and search boxes drop the accents. In correct Spanish it is ¿qué pasó?, and the accents mark both the question word and the past tense.