past

pasado

Tiempo anterior al presente y los hechos que ocurrieron entonces.

En inglés sencillo: The time before now, including things that happened then.

• Life was different in the past.
• She rarely talks about her past.
• We learned from mistakes made in the recent past.

Cómo se usa: in the past (People travelled more slowly in the past.)

Sinónimos: earlier times, bygone days

Antónimos: future, present

Expresiones frecuentes: in the past, distant past, recent past, remember the past

pasado, pretérito

Forma verbal que sirve para hablar de hechos anteriores al presente.

En inglés sencillo: A verb form used to talk about things that happened before now.

• Use the past in this sentence.
• We practised the simple past today.
• What is the past of “bring”?

Cómo se usa: the past of a verb (The past of “go” is “went”.)

Sinónimos: past tense

Expresiones frecuentes: simple past, past of something, in the past

pasado, último

Referido a un período que acaba de transcurrir.

En inglés sencillo: Referring to a period of time that has just gone by.

• The past week has been busy.
• We have moved twice in the past year.
• Have you seen her during the past few days?

Sinónimos: last, previous

Antónimos: next, coming

Expresiones frecuentes: past week, past year, past few days

pasado, terminado

Que ya ha terminado o ha dejado de suceder.

En inglés sencillo: Already finished or no longer happening.

• The danger is past now.
• Those difficult days are long past.
• When the worst was past, we began repairing the house.

Sinónimos: over, finished, ended

Antónimos: ongoing

Expresiones frecuentes: danger is past, trouble is past, long past

de largo

Pasando junto a alguien o algo y siguiendo adelante.

En inglés sencillo: Moving by someone or something and continuing beyond them.

• A bus went past.
• He walked past without saying hello.
• Did you see the bird fly past?

Sinónimos: by

Expresiones frecuentes: walk past, drive past, go past, rush past

por delante de, junto a

Indica que se pasa junto a alguien o algo mientras se sigue avanzando.

En inglés sencillo: By the side of someone or something, while moving further along.

• Walk past the shop.
• We drove past your house yesterday.
• A cat ran past me and disappeared.

Cómo se usa: past someone/something (She walked past me without stopping.)

Sinónimos: by

Expresiones frecuentes: past the door, walk past something, drive past someone

más allá de, después de

Indica que se supera un lugar, punto, hora o cantidad.

En inglés sencillo: Further than a place, point, time, or amount.

• It is ten past six.
• Their house is just past the bridge.
• The spending has gone past our agreed limit.

Cómo se usa: past a time/place/limit (We stayed up past midnight.)

Sinónimos: beyond

Expresiones frecuentes: past midnight, half past ten, past the limit, past the bridge

más allá de

Indica que alguien ya no puede o no quiere hacer o sentir algo.

En inglés sencillo: No longer able or willing to do or feel something.

• I’m past caring now.
• By midnight, she was past feeling hungry.
• He was past hoping for an apology.

Cómo se usa: be past doing something (I’m past worrying about what they think.)

Sinónimos: beyond

Expresiones frecuentes: past caring, past worrying, past hope