"¿Que casi te pasas?"

Question

I know that this is a casual greeting, but how does the "casi" affect the question? Thank you for your help.

Answer 1

Well, I am not sure about the "casual greeting" thing, it's a question with a regular syntax but not very common and actually a bit ambiguous, I am not sure if you have an idiom like this in English so I will have to explain the whole thing.

When we say: me pasé, te pasaste, nos pasamos, etc, it means either that you "over-did" something, like "over drink or over dance or over party (is that possible?), and you can express it like:

I drank too much last night. --> Me pasé de tragos anoche.

I made a fool of myself too much last night -->Me pasé de chistoso anoche.

"Of course I understand that those are not common sentences in regular English but I hope you get the point."

OR that you couldn't find the place where you had to see some people and you actually passed by the house without noticing it, and it would be something like:

You're telling people how you arrived the place and you say:

I almost passed your house. (also your street, square or something). (Totally weird sentence but I provided context). So in Spanish you say :Casi me paso.

Following that idea, someone who comes to the talk can ask you :¿Que casi te pasas?, which would mean: That you almost passed? (the place, house, etc).

I really made a mess with this one, I hope to have helped you.

Bien expicado! - Jeremias, Sep 14, 2011

Than you Jeremias. ;) - Dakie, Sep 14, 2011

Thanks do much. I think "I almost passed you" (on the street without noticing) is the answer. Very helpful - carcar, Sep 14, 2011

helped me too - thanks Dakie - patch, Sep 14, 2011

I hope one day my Spanish is as good as your English Dakie! ...and a very good explanation too! - amykay, Sep 14, 2011

Thank you so much my friends ;) that's pretty encouraging ;) - Dakie, Sep 15, 2011

Answer 2

Oh how I hate idioms. I read this as "What is almost going on with you?"