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pass on

verbo transitivo con partícula

1pasar, hacer circular (object); pasar, transmitir (news, information); contagiar (disease)

verbo intransitivo

2fallecer (Euph)

pass on [pas]

1Des.) pasar su camino.

o upon, entregar al próximo; engañar o abusar de alguien; formar juicio sobre, examinar y decidir sobre;

pass on

verb:transitive:plus_adverb

1 (transfer) [+information] pasar; comunicar; dar

she passed on confidential information to him

[+message] (written) dar; pasar; (spoken) dar; comunicar; [+object] pasar; [+disease] [+person] contagiar; [+animal] transmitir

he failed to pass on my message

I didn't want her to pass her cold on to me no quería que me contagiara el constipado; they pass the increase on to the consumer hacen que el consumidor cargue con el incremento; we pass our savings on to the customer los ahorros redundan en favor de nuestros clientes; Sheila's having a party, pass it on! (informal) Sheila va a dar una fiesta, ¡corre la voz!

her reputation for high quality work is passed on by word of mouth I once made an appeal to mothers of twins to tell me /what solutions they had found for their problems, so that I could pass them on/ how do parents pass genes on to their offspring? they take it, look at it, and then pass it on he handed a typewritten sheet to King to pass on to Smith Philip assured her that he had passed on the invitation he has written a note asking me to pass on his thanks there is a risk of passing the virus on the late Earl passed on his fortune to the Princess to pass on old clothes to sb tenants remain liable if they pass on their lease the Queen is passing the money on to a selection of her favourite charities pass the good news on to Liz, will you? should she pass on to Lesley the version of events she had just heard?

2 (put in contact) [+person]

to pass sb on to sb poner a algn en contacto con algn; (on telephone) poner a algn con algn; I was passed on to another doctor me mandaron a otro médico; me pusieron en contacto con otro médico; I'll pass you on to my supervisor le pongo a mi supervisor

we passed him on to a fashion-designer friend

verb:intransitive:plus_adverb

1 (proceed) pasar;to a

they passed on to other matters pasaron a discutir otros asuntos; the man lowered his eyes and passed on el hombre bajó la vista y pasó de largo

once we'd seen the textiles we passed on to the furniture collection perhaps we could pass on to item 6 on the agenda

2 (euphemistic) (die) fallecer

I'm sorry to have to tell you that she passed on in the night

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