past tense in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for past tense in the English»Spanish Dictionary

the past tense

el pasado

the past tense

el pretérito

lesson three covers the past tense

la tercera lección trata del pretérito

the past/present/future tense

el pasado/presente/futuro

Translations for past tense in the Spanish»English Dictionary

pasado

past tense

Translations for past tense in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.past [Am pæst, Brit pɑːst] ADJ

1.1. past:

past (former) attempts/occasions

anterior

past life

pasado

past (old)

antiguo

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

antaño liter

in times past liter

años ha liter

in times past liter

antiguamente

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

1.2. past (most recent):

past week/month/year

último

in the past few days/three years

en los últimos días/tres años

I've been very busy these past few days

he estado muy ocupado estos últimos días or últimamente

the events of the past week

los acontecimientos de la última semana or de la semana pasada

for some time past

desde hace tiempo

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

2. past LING:

the past tense

el pasado

the past tense

el pretérito

the past participle

el participio pasado or pasivo

II.past [Am pæst, Brit pɑːst] N

1.1. past U (former times):

past

pasado m

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)

pasado m

past (of place)

historia f

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

pasado m

past

pretérito m

the past historic

el pasado histórico

III.past [Am pæst, Brit pɑːst] PREP

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)

1.2. past (beyond):

it's just past the school

queda un poco más allá de la escuela

it's just past the school

queda pasando la escuela

how did you get past the guard?

¿cómo hiciste para que el guardia te dejara pasar?

he shoved past the doorman

pasó pegándole un empujón al portero

once we're past customs

una vez que hayamos pasado la aduana

the second turning past the lights

la segunda calle después del semáforo

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

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

al pasar la vi

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.tense¹ [Am tɛns, Brit tɛns] ADJ

1. tense (strained):

tense atmosphere/situation

tenso

2. tense (nervous):

tense

nervioso

tense

tenso

3. tense (taut):

tense wire

tenso

tense wire

tirante

tense body

tenso

tense body

en tensión

II.tense¹ [Am tɛns, Brit tɛns] VB trans

tense

poner tenso

tense

tensar

III.tense¹ [Am tɛns, Brit tɛns] VB intr

tense

ponerse tenso

tense

tensarse

tense² N

tense

tiempo m

the past/present/future tense

el pasado/presente/futuro

past tense in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for past tense in the English»Spanish Dictionary

past tense N

past tense

tiempo m pasado

Translations for past tense in the English»Spanish Dictionary

as of (+ past tense) (until)

hasta

Translations for past tense in the Spanish»English Dictionary

pasado LING

past (tense)

Translations for past tense in the English»Spanish Dictionary

tense¹ [tents] N LING

tense

tiempo m

I.tense² [tents] ADJ

tense wire, person, atmosphere:

tense

tenso, -a

II.tense² [tents] VB trans

tense

tensar

III.tense² [tents] VB intr

tense

ponerse tenso

I.past [pɑ:st, Am pæst] N

past

pasado m

to be a thing of the past

ser una cosa del pasado

sb with a past

alguien con historia

simple past

pasado m (simple)

to write in the past

escribir en pasado

II.past [pɑ:st, Am pæst] ADJ

past

pasado, -a

the past week

la última semana

in times past

en otros tiempos

that's past history

eso pertenece a la historia

III.past [pɑ:st, Am pæst] PREP

1. past (temporal):

past

después de

ten/quarter/half past two

dos y diez/cuarto/media

it's past 2

son las 2 pasadas

2. past (spatial):

past

después de

3. past (after):

I'm past that iron

yo he superado eso

4. past (beyond):

to be past thirty

pasar de los treinta

past belief

increíble

past description

indescriptible

I'm past caring

ya me trae sin cuidado

IV.past [pɑ:st, Am pæst] ADV

past

por delante

to go/run/march past (sb)

ir/correr/pasar por delante (de alguien)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

In (21), the verb to drop takes on the verb form - ochiru, conjugated in past tense.

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The second ("gata") was assumed to be simply the past tense of the verb to come, and translated literally.

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The "suffix conjugation" takes suffixes indicating the person, number and gender of the subject, and normally indicates past tense (or alternatively, perfective aspect).

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The infinitive, present and past tense also have a passive form.

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In the past tense, the verb "bdan" covers both meanings.

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For the imperfective aspect, suffixes are used to indicate the past tense indicative mood, the non-past tense indicative mood, and the subjunctive and imperative moods.

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Note that the tense changes as well, so that in the first example the past tense is used even though the present tense is intended.

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In their place tar- develops from perfective aspect into a common past tense.

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The diaries, however, seem to switch at least once from the past tense (as a diary would be written) to the present tense.

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He employs past tense in descriptions of action extending over a period of time or in reminiscences about his childhood.

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