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I.past [Am pæst, Brit pɑːst] ADJ

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1.1. past:

past (former) attempts/occasions

past life

past (old)

on past experience I should guess that …

basándome en experiencias anteriores yo diría que …

she knew from past experience that …

sabía por experiencia que …

in times past liter

in times past liter

años ha liter

in times past liter

past members of the organization

antiguos or exmiembros de la organización

prime ministers past and present

primeros ministros de ayer y hoy

prime ministers past and present

antiguos y actuales primeros ministros

1.3. past (finished, gone) pred:

what's past is past

lo pasado, pasado

that's all past now

todo eso ha quedado atrás

all danger is now past

ya ha pasado el peligro

in days long past

en tiempos remotos

II.past [Am pæst, Brit pɑːst] N

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1.1. past U (former times):

past

to live in the past

vivir en el pasado

steam trains are a thing of the past

las locomotoras de vapor han pasado a la historia

in the past women …

antes or antiguamente or en otros tiempos las mujeres …

let's carry on as we have in the past

sigamos como siempre or como antes

that's all in the past

eso forma parte del pasado

that's all in the past

eso ya es historia

1.2. past C:

past (of person)

past (of place)

a city/nation without a past

una ciudad/nación sin historia

a woman with a past

una mujer con pasado

2. past U LING:

past

past

the past historic

el pasado histórico

III.past [Am pæst, Brit pɑːst] PREP

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1.1. past (by the side of):

I go past their house every morning

paso por (delante de) su casa todas las mañanas

she walked straight past him

pasó de largo por su lado

we drove past her shop

pasamos por delante de su tienda (con el coche)

2.1. past (after) esp Brit :

it's ten past six/half past two

son las seis y diez/las dos y media

it's half/a quarter past one

es la una y media/y cuarto

it was past eleven

eran las once pasadas

it's long past midnight

son mucho más de las doce

it starts at quarter past

empieza a (las) y cuarto

the party went on till past midnight

la fiesta siguió hasta después de la medianoche

it's past your bedtime

ya deberías estar acostado

2.2. past (older than):

once you get past 40 …

después de los 40 …

once you get past 40 …

una vez pasados los 40 …

she must be past 50

debe tener más de 50

I'm past the age/stage when …

ya he pasado la edad/superado la etapa en que …

3. past (outside, beyond):

it's past belief/endurance

es increíble/intolerable

to be past -ing those socks are past mending

ya no vale la pena zurcir esos calcetines

they can do what they like, I'm past caring

por mí que hagan lo que quieran, ya no me importa

I wouldn't put it past her

no me extrañaría que lo hiciera

I wouldn't put it past her

la creo muy capaz de hacerlo

to be past it inf, an athlete is past it at his age

a su edad un atleta está acabado

to be past it inf, an athlete is past it at his age

a su edad a un atleta ya se le pasó su cuarto de hora AmS inf

they think everyone over 40 is past it

piensan que cualquiera que tenga más de 40 ya está para cuarteles de invierno

this carpet's past it

esta alfombra ya está para la basura

IV.past [Am pæst, Brit pɑːst] ADV

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1. past (with verbs of motion):

to fly/cycle/drive past

pasar volando/en bicicleta/en coche

he hurried past

pasó a toda prisa

I saw her as I walked past

we watched the troops march past

vimos desfilar a las tropas

2. past (giving time) esp Brit :

it's twenty-five past

son y veinticinco

I got there at five past

llegué a y cinco

is it eight yet? — a few minutes past

¿son las ocho ya? — y unos minutos or pasadas

I.get past VB [Am ɡɛt -, Brit ɡɛt -] (v + adv) (move past)

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get past

I can't get past

II.get past VB [Am ɡɛt -, Brit ɡɛt -] (v + prep + o)

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1. get past (move past):

get past vehicle

get past vehicle

2. get past (pass undetected):

how did this get past the proofreader?

¿cómo se le pudo pasar esto al corrector de pruebas?

it won't get past the censors

no va a pasar la censura

III.get past VB [Am ɡɛt -, Brit ɡɛt -] (v + o + prep + o)

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to get sth past the censor

conseguir que algo pase la censura

go past VB [Am ɡoʊ -, Brit ɡəʊ -] (v + adv, v + prep + o)

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put past VB [Am pʊt -, Brit pʊt -] (v + o + prep + o)

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not to put it past sb do you think she'll tell them? — I wouldn't put it past her

¿te parece que se lo dirá? — no me extrañaría nada or la creo muy capaz

I wouldn't put it past him to ignore the rules

lo creo muy capaz de hacer caso omiso de las normas

slip past VB [Am slɪp -, Brit slɪp -]

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slip past → slip by

See also slip by

slip by VB [Am slɪp -, Brit slɪp -] (v + adv)

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slip by years/time/days:

I.push past VB [Am pʊʃ -, Brit pʊʃ -] (v + adv)

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II.push past VB [Am pʊʃ -, Brit pʊʃ -] (v + prep + o)

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she pushed past the journalists

pasó haciendo a un lado a los periodistas

march-past [Am ˈmɑrtʃpæst, Brit] N Brit

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past perfect N

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past perfect

pluscuamperfecto m

past perfect

pretérito m pluscuamperfecto

brush past VB [Am brəʃ -, Brit brʌʃ -] (v + prep + o)

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he brushed past her on his way out of the door

la rozó al pasar cuando salía por la puerta

first-past-the-post [Am ˌfərstˌpæstðəˈpoʊst, Brit ˌfəːstˌpɑːstðəˈpəʊst] ADJ

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first-past-the-post system

sistema electoral en el que se resulta elegido por mayoría relativa

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I.past [pɑ:st, Am pæst] N

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II.past [pɑ:st, Am pæst] ADJ

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III.past [pɑ:st, Am pæst] PREP

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1. past (temporal):

past

ten/quarter/half past two

dos y diez/cuarto/media

it's past 2

son las 2 pasadas

2. past (spatial):

past

3. past (after):

I'm past that iron

yo he superado eso

IV.past [pɑ:st, Am pæst] ADV

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past participle N

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past participle

participio m pasado

past perfect N

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past perfect

pretérito m perfecto

shoot past VB intr

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shoot past

pasar como una bala

past tense N

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past tense

tiempo m pasado

past continuous N

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past continuous

pretérito m continuo

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pretérito (-a)

past

past

pasado (tiempo, vida)

past

pasado LING

past (tense)

en el pasado

in the past

son cosas del pasado

it's all in the past

to be a thing of the past

ser una cosa del pasado

to go/run/march past (sb)

ir/correr/pasar por delante (de alguien)

to be a thing of the past

ser algo del pasado

to dribble past a defender

driblar a un defensa

the yogurt is past its sell-by date

el yogur está pasado de fecha

you haven't learned anything from past events

de lo ocurrido en el pasado no has sacado ninguna enseñanza

when the car went past the birds scattered

al pasar el coche los pájaros se desparramaron

to march past in close formation

desfilar en formación cerrada

the milk is past its sell-by date

la leche está caducada

to go past like a streak of lightning

pasar corriendo como una exhalación

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Founded in 1990, this intriguing shop boasts hundreds of vintage coin-operated machines from the past 60 years, each of which offers a unique, often-quirky glimpse into the past. www.digitaljournal.com

Over the past decade it has recorded a substantial increase in its hotel accommodation capacity. en.wikipedia.org

In the assumptive, the distinction appears to be not between present versus past, but indefinite versus definite. en.wikipedia.org

The game ends when ten ships slip past the player's cannon. en.wikipedia.org

The groups prolific repertoire spans many genres of music and grows each year with new arrangements and contributions of past and popular songs. en.wikipedia.org

In the past, epilepsy patients were referred for surgery only after they had taken medicine after medicine without success, often for 10 years or more. en.wikipedia.org

The twosome, who have attempted to keep their not-so-secret relationship under wraps, are rumored to have been dating for the past few years. theboombox.com

The past perfect progressive relates to the past perfect as the present perfect progressive relates to the present perfect. en.wikipedia.org

Objective verb prefixes; /a/ and /i/ are used in the present tense, /o/ and /id/ in the past. en.wikipedia.org

We can never correct mistakes made in the past, but we can learn from the past, he told parliamentarians. en.wikipedia.org

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