pass through

pass through(

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An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g. Everybody please stand up.).

intransitive verb phrase

1. (to briefly visit)

a. estar de paso

My parents won't be staying overnight. They're just passing through.Mis padres no se quedan a pasar la noche. Están solamente de paso.

b. pasar

What should we see in the city while we're passing through?¿Qué deberíamos ver en la ciudad cuando pasemos por ella?

A transitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and requires a direct object (e.g. Take out the trash.).

transitive verb phrase

2. (to move through)

a. pasar por

We passed through very beautiful farm country on our way to the mountains.De camino hacia las montañas, pasamos por unos campos de cultivo muy bonitos.

b. atravesar

The bullet passed through his abdomen without grazing any vital organs.La bala le atravesó el abdomen sin tocar ningún órgano vital.

3. (to experience)

a. pasar por

My illness was one the most difficult times that I have passed through in my life.Mi enfermedad fue uno de los momentos más difíciles por los que pasé en la vida.

b. atravesar

Our marriage was going through a crisis back then.Por aquel entonces nuestro matrimonio atravesaba una crisis.

pass through

A transitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and requires a direct object (e.g. Take out the trash.).

transitive verb phrase

1. (city, area)

a. pasar por

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

2. (general)

I was just passing throughpasaba por aquí

pass through

verb:intransitive:plus_adverb

1 (not stay) estar de paso

I'm just passing through estoy de paso nada más

2 (go through) pasar

he wouldn't let me pass through without identification no me dejaba pasar sin documentación

the back doors had to be left open for the procession to pass through

intransitive verb

[+town, country, gap] pasar por; [+phase, crisis] pasar por; atravesar; [+barrier] pasar

the hole is too small for it to pass through the revolution passed through three distinctive phases the country was passing through a grave crisis "have you ever been at all religious?" - "no, I never passed through that phase" how many countries did you pass through?

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