passar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- comb noun A flat toothed tool used for untangling, styling, or holding hair in place.
- do verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
- enact verb To officially pass a bill into law.
- fold verb To bend something, especially paper or fabric, over on itself.
- hand noun The part of the body at the end of the arm, used for grasping and manipulating objects.
- impart verb To pass on knowledge, advice, or a quality to someone.
- iron noun A common, silvery-grey metal that rusts and is attracted to magnets; the main ingredient of steel.
- level adj Flat and even; at the same height throughout, or matching a given height.
- pass verb To move from one place, position, or state to another.
- run verb To move quickly on foot, faster than walking.
- set verb To put something in a particular place or position.
- spend verb To pay out money in exchange for something.
- spread verb To open something out so it covers a wider area.
- stop verb To cease moving or to bring something to a halt.
- transpose verb To swap the order or position of two or more things.
Senses
passar is used for these senses in English:
- comb (transitive) To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.
- do (pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE.
- drop by (colloquial) To visit informally and spontaneously.
- elapse (intransitive, of time) To pass or move by.
- enact (transitive, legal) To make (a bill) into law.
- fold (intransitive, poker) To withdraw from betting.
- go by To follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc.
- hand off (idiomatic, transitive) To pass or transfer.
comb — full definition
- noun A flat toothed tool used for untangling, styling, or holding hair in place.
- noun The fleshy red crest on top of a rooster's or hen's head.
- noun The structure of six-sided wax cells bees build to store honey and raise their young; a honeycomb.
- verb To groom hair or fur with a comb.
- verb To search an area thoroughly and systematically.
do — full definition
- verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
- verb Used as a helping verb to form questions and negatives, or for emphasis.
- verb To be sufficient or acceptable.
- verb To fare or get on in a particular way.
- noun A social event or party (informal, chiefly British).