🇪🇸 Spanish

pasado

masculine

el pasado

past

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pasado
/el paˈsaðo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say pasado in Spanish?

IPA
/el paˈsaðo/

How do you pronounce pasado in Spanish?

pasado is pronounced /el paˈsaðo/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El pasado oscuro de la familia fue revelado por un historiador alemán.

The dark past of the family was revealed by a German historian.

El pasado glorioso del imperio romano inspiró a muchos arquitectos modernos.

The glorious past of the Roman empire inspired many modern architects.

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Why is it masculine?

Pasado is masculine because it derives from the Latin past participle "passus" (masculine), which came from the verb "patior" (to suffer/endure). In Spanish, adjectives and nouns derived from Latin masculine past participles typically retain masculine gender. When "pasado" functions as a noun meaning "the past," it maintains this inherited masculine gender from Latin.

What is the Spanish word for past?

The Spanish word for past is el pasado — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇮🇹 Italianpassatoilmasculine

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