Pasarse Conjugation in Spanish

pasarse is the Spanish verb for «to go over, to spend (time)». As a regular -ar verb, reflexive verb it follows the -ar endings, and the tables on this page list every form so you never have to guess. You will find the present, the past tenses, the future, the conditional, the perfect tenses, the subjunctive and the imperative, each with a short note on when to use it. Start with the present tense: «Me paso todos los días» — I go over every day. Then work down the page tense by tense, and finish with the quiz.

Quick facts

  • Infinitive: pasarse
  • English: to go over, to spend (time)
  • Verb type: regular -ar verb, reflexive
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: pasando
  • Past participle: pasado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + pasado)
  • Reflexive pronouns: me, te, se, nos, os, se — one before every conjugated form, matching the person.

Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for pasarse, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.

pasarse is reflexive: Me paso todos los días; te pasas todos los días. Without the pronoun, the verb means doing the action to someone else rather than to yourself, so keep the pronoun with the form.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for pasarse. The imperfect subjunctive is shown in its -ra forms; the -se forms use the same stem. For reflexive verbs, the pronoun column shows the reflexive pronoun that goes before each form.

Gerund: pasando · Past participle: pasado

Present Indicative

Person Pronoun Form
yo me paso
tú te pasas
él/ella/Ud. se pasa
nosotros/as nos pasamos
vosotros/as os pasáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se pasan

The present tense describes habits, facts and what is happening now. For pasarse, the yo form is paso, as in the examples below. Use the present for routines («todos los días») and for general truths, and remember that Spanish often uses the present where English would use a progressive or a near future.

Preterite

Person Pronoun Form
yo me pasé
tú te pasaste
él/ella/Ud. se pasó
nosotros/as nos pasamos
vosotros/as os pasasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se pasaron

The preterite describes completed actions in the past — things that started and finished. «Ayer yo pasé» is the classic use. Do not confuse it with the imperfect: the preterite moves the story forward, one finished event at a time.

Imperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me pasaba
tú te pasabas
él/ella/Ud. se pasaba
nosotros/as nos pasábamos
vosotros/as os pasabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se pasaban

The imperfect describes the past as background: habits, descriptions and actions in progress. «De pequeño, yo pasaba» shows the habitual use. It sets the scene while the preterite reports what happened inside it.

Future

Person Pronoun Form
yo me pasaré
tú te pasarás
él/ella/Ud. se pasará
nosotros/as nos pasaremos
vosotros/as os pasaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se pasarán

The future tense states what will happen. For pasarse the future is built on the infinitive: «Mañana yo pasaré». It is also used for predictions and promises, and in spoken Spanish it often alternates with ir a + infinitive.

Conditional

Person Pronoun Form
yo me pasaría
tú te pasarías
él/ella/Ud. se pasaría
nosotros/as nos pasaríamos
vosotros/as os pasaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se pasarían

The conditional expresses what would happen: wishes, polite requests and hypothetical results. «Si tuviera más tiempo, yo pasaría» is the typical pattern. It shares its stem with the future and changes only the endings.

Present Perfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me he pasado
tú te has pasado
él/ella/Ud. se ha pasado
nosotros/as nos hemos pasado
vosotros/as os habéis pasado
ellos/ellas/Uds. se han pasado

The present perfect connects the past with the present: something that has happened, often today or recently. It is haber in the present plus the past participle: «Hoy yo he pasado». In Spain it is used for anything that happened today; in Latin America the preterite is often preferred.

Pluperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me había pasado
tú te habías pasado
él/ella/Ud. se había pasado
nosotros/as nos habíamos pasado
vosotros/as os habíais pasado
ellos/ellas/Uds. se habían pasado

The pluperfect describes an event that happened before another past event: «Cuando llegué, ya había pasado». It is haber in the imperfect plus the past participle, and it is the tense for explaining what had already happened when something else took place.

Future Perfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me habré pasado
tú te habrás pasado
él/ella/Ud. se habrá pasado
nosotros/as nos habremos pasado
vosotros/as os habréis pasado
ellos/ellas/Uds. se habrán pasado

The future perfect looks back from a future point: by then, something will already have happened. «Para mañana, yo habré pasado» is the pattern — haber in the future plus the past participle. It is less common in speech but regular in formal writing.

Conditional Perfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me habría pasado
tú te habrías pasado
él/ella/Ud. se habría pasado
nosotros/as nos habríamos pasado
vosotros/as os habríais pasado
ellos/ellas/Uds. se habrían pasado

The conditional perfect expresses what would have happened: «Yo habría pasado si hubiera podido». It is haber in the conditional plus the past participle, and it is the tense for regrets and missed chances.

Present Subjunctive

Person Pronoun Form
yo me pase
tú te pases
él/ella/Ud. se pase
nosotros/as nos pasemos
vosotros/as os paséis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se pasen

The present subjunctive appears after wishes, doubts, emotions and impersonal expressions: «Espero que él pase». The trigger is in the main clause; the subjunctive is the mood of uncertainty, desire and influence. Learn the yo form first — most of the table follows from it.

Imperfect Subjunctive (-ra forms)

Person Pronoun Form
yo me pasara
tú te pasaras
él/ella/Ud. se pasara
nosotros/as nos pasáramos
vosotros/as os pasarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se pasaran

The imperfect subjunctive is the past partner of the present subjunctive, used after past-tense triggers and in si-clauses: «Si él pasara, todo sería distinto». The table above shows the -ra forms, the ones you will hear most often. There is also a less common -se set built on the same stem.

Imperative — Affirmative

Person Pronoun Form
tú te pasa
él/ella/Ud. se pase
nosotros/as nos pasemos
vosotros/as os pasad
ellos/ellas/Uds. se pasen

There is no yo form in the imperative — you cannot command yourself.

In real speech the reflexive pronoun attaches to the end of an affirmative command; the table shows the pronoun and the form separately so you can see both parts.

The affirmative imperative gives direct commands and instructions: «¡pasa!». There is no yo form — you cannot command yourself. The tú form is the one you will use with friends and family, and the usted form with people you address formally.

Imperative — Negative

Person Pronoun Form
tú te pases
él/ella/Ud. se pase
nosotros/as nos pasemos
vosotros/as os paséis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se pasen

There is no yo form in the imperative — you cannot command yourself.

In real speech the reflexive pronoun attaches to the end of an affirmative command; the table shows the pronoun and the form separately so you can see both parts.

The negative imperative tells someone not to do something: «¡No pases!». Unlike the affirmative imperative, the negative forms come from the present subjunctive, which is why they look different. Never use the affirmative form after no.

Example sentences

  1. Me paso todos los días. — I go over every day.
  2. Ayer me pasé por la tarde. — Yesterday I went over in the afternoon.
  3. Antes, me pasaba todos los días. — In the past, I used to go over every day.
  4. Mañana me pasaré sin falta. — Tomorrow I will go over without fail.
  5. Si tuviera más tiempo, me pasaría ahora mismo. — If I had more time, I would go over right now.
  6. Hoy me he pasado dos veces. — Today I have went over twice.
  7. Espero que te pases pronto. — I hope You go over soon.
  8. Si me pasara, todo sería distinto. — If I went over, everything would be different.
  9. Ahora mismo me estoy pasando. — Right now I am going over.
  10. ¡No te pases! — Don't go over!

Common mistakes

1. Forgetting the reflexive pronoun

Wrong: yo paso todos los días.

Right: me paso todos los días.

pasarse is reflexive: the pronoun me belongs before every conjugated form. Without it, you are using the non-reflexive verb, which means something different — doing the action to someone else instead of to yourself.

2. Using the imperfect for a finished event

Wrong: Ayer me pasaba.

Right: Ayer me pasé.

Yesterday's finished action needs the preterite, pasé. The imperfect pasaba describes what used to happen or what was going on, not a single completed event.

3. Using the indicative after a subjunctive trigger

Wrong: Espero que te pasas.

Right: Espero que te pases.

After espero que, Spanish requires the subjunctive: pases, not the indicative pasas. Wishes, hopes and doubts all trigger this change.

4. Using the affirmative imperative after no

Wrong: No te pasa.

Right: No te pases.

Negative commands use the subjunctive-based forms: no pases. The affirmative pasa can never follow no.

5. Confusing the gerund with the past participle

Wrong: He pasando.

Right: He pasado.

The perfect tenses use haber plus the past participle: he pasado. The gerund pasando goes with estar for actions in progress («Estoy pasando»), never with haber.

Quiz

Test yourself on the forms above. Choose the correct answer, then check the key below.

1. What is the nosotros/as form of pasarse in the present indicative?

- (a) pasas
- (b) paso
- (c) pasamos
- (d) pasa

2. What is the vosotros/as form of pasarse in the preterite?

- (a) pasó
- (b) pasasteis
- (c) pasé
- (d) pasaste

3. What is the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of pasarse in the imperfect?

- (a) pasaban
- (b) pasaba
- (c) pasaba
- (d) pasabas

4. What is the yo form of pasarse in the future?

- (a) pasaremos
- (b) pasarás
- (c) pasará
- (d) pasaré

5. What is the tú form of pasarse in the conditional?

- (a) pasaría
- (b) pasaría
- (c) pasarías
- (d) pasaríamos

6. What is the él/ella/Ud. form of pasarse in the present perfect?

- (a) hemos pasado
- (b) ha pasado
- (c) he pasado
- (d) has pasado

7. What is the nosotros/as form of pasarse in the present subjunctive?

- (a) pasemos
- (b) pases
- (c) pase
- (d) pase

8. What is the vosotros/as form of pasarse in the imperfect subjunctive (-ra forms)?

- (a) pasara
- (b) pasaras
- (c) pasarais
- (d) pasara

9. What is the gerund of pasarse?

- (a) pasarse
- (b) pasando
- (c) pasado
- (d) paso

10. What is the past participle of pasarse?

- (a) pasado
- (b) pasando
- (c) pasé
- (d) pasarse

Answer key

1. (c) — In the present indicative, the nosotros/as form of pasarse is pasamos. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 2. (b) — In the preterite, the vosotros/as form of pasarse is pasasteis. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 3. (a) — In the imperfect, the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of pasarse is pasaban. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 4. (d) — In the future, the yo form of pasarse is pasaré. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 5. (c) — In the conditional, the tú form of pasarse is pasarías. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 6. (b) — In the present perfect, the él/ella/Ud. form of pasarse is ha pasado. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 7. (a) — In the present subjunctive, the nosotros/as form of pasarse is pasemos. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 8. (c) — In the imperfect subjunctive (-ra forms), the vosotros/as form of pasarse is pasarais. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 9. (b) — The gerund of pasarse is pasando. It is used with estar for the progressive: «Estoy pasando». 10. (a) — The past participle of pasarse is pasado. It follows haber in all the perfect tenses: «he pasado».

Frequently asked questions

Is pasarse regular or irregular?

Yes — pasarse is a regular -ar verb and reflexive. Learn the endings once and they work in every tense, with the stem pas unchanged throughout.

What are the gerund and past participle of pasarse?

The gerund is pasando and the past participle is pasado. Use the gerund with estar for actions in progress («Estoy pasando») and the participle with haber for the perfect tenses («he pasado»).

How do I say «I go over» in Spanish?

Say «Me paso todos los días». That is the yo form of the present tense, the form you need for talking about yourself right now.

What is the difference between the preterite and the imperfect of pasarse?

Use the preterite (pasé) for a single finished event and the imperfect (pasaba) for habits and background. «Ayer yo pasé» reports something that happened and ended; «Antes, yo pasaba» describes what used to happen.

When do I use the subjunctive with pasarse?

Use the subjunctive after wishes, doubts, emotions and impersonal expressions — for example «Espero que tú pases». The trigger sits in the main clause; once it is there, the subjunctive form is required, not a stylistic choice.

What does the -se in pasarse mean?

The -se marks pasarse as reflexive: the action comes back to the subject. You always pair the form with its pronoun — me, te, se, nos, os, se — placed before the conjugated verb. Dropping the pronoun changes the meaning, so treat the pronoun as part of the verb.

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