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qué pasa



Definitions

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qué pasa
     1. Phrase. what's up?; what’s the matter?; what is the problem?; what is wrong?
           (synonyms, ¿qué ocurre?, ¿cuál es el problema?)
     2. Phrase. (US Spanish Spain informal) what's up?
     3. Phrase. what's up?; what's happening?; what are you doing?
           (synonyms, ¿qué ocurre?, ¿qué estás haciendo?)
Analysis
qué
     1. det. what; which (interrogative only)
           ¿Qué camisa quiere? - Which shirt do you want?
     2. det. what; which
           No sabía qué hacer - I didn't know what to do
     3. adv. (before a noun) what a; such (used as an intensifier)
pasa
     1. n-f. raisin
     2. adj. feminine singular of paso
     3. v. informal second-person singular positive imperative of pasar
     pasar
          1. v. to pass, to hand, to slip
          2. v. to happen
                ¿qué pasa? - what's up?
                estas cosas pasan - these things happen
                Ya me ha pasado. - It has already happened to me.
     paso
          1. adj. dried (said of fruit)
          2. n-m. pace (rough distance of a brisk stride)
          3. n-m. (historical, measure) paso, Spanish pace (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 1.4 m)
          4. n-m. step (in a set of instructions)
          5. n-m. way, passage



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