Can pasara also mean happen?
Does "si no fuera por ti, no se que pasara" mean that if not for you, I don't know what would have happened or does it mean if not for you, I don't know what will happen?
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En español sería la frase, si no fuera por ti, yo no se que pasaría If it werent for you i dont know what would happen. O en presente, si no es por ti, no se que pasará, if its not for you, i dont know what will happen. Take care with the stress pasaría-condicional or pasará-futuro
Simply put yes. HOWEVER it's a matter of how you understand context. Basically you're saying it (the event) will/ would pass. Pasar is often used as an equivalent for happen, because the event has happened/ passed. Does this make sense?
It's kind of like the situation where you have "tengo hambre" not "estoy hambre", in which you're really saying "I have hunger" to mean "i'm hungry".
