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"Pasado" is a form of "pasado", a noun which is often translated as "past". "Previo" is a form of "previo", an adjective which is often translated as "prior". Learn more about the difference between "pasado" and "previo" below.
el pasado(
pah
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sah
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)A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
a. past
Me gustaría viajar al pasado para ver cómo hablaba la gente.I would like to travel to the past to see how people spoke.
2. (grammar)
a. past tense
¿Cómo se conjuga el verbo "ser" en el pasado?How do you conjugate the verb "ser" in the past tense?
b. past
Di si la siguiente frase está en pasado, presente o futuro: "El niño jugaba a la pelota".Say if the following sentence is in the past, the present, or the future: "El niño jugaba a la pelota."
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
3. (time)
a. past
No quiero hablar de victorias pasadas; quiero hablar de cómo podemos ganar de nuevo.I don't want to talk about past victories; I want to to talk about how we can win again.
b. overripe (related to fruit)
Este aguacate está pasado. Está marrón por dentro.This avocado is overripe. It's brown inside.
c. stale (not fresh)
El pan está pasado. No lo puedo ni morder.The bread is stale. I can't even bite it.
5. (overcooked)
a. overdone
El pescado está pasado; lo dejamos demasiado tiempo sobre la estufa.The fish is overdone; we left it on the stove too long.
a. outdated
No me vengas a criticar el atuendo a mí, tú con tu ropa pasada.Don't come criticize my outfit in your outdated clothes.
previo, el previo(
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byoh
)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
1. (preceding)
a. prior
El ejercicio previo al examen fue muy difícil de resolver.The exercise prior to the exam was very hard to complete.
b. previous
La semana previa al viaje nos enteramos de que estaba embarazada.The week previous to the trip we found that I was pregnant.
c. preliminary
El artista no estaba nervioso en el ensayo previo antes del concierto.The artist wasn't nervous in the preliminary rehearsal before the concert.
A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
