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SPANISH VERB

pasarlo de miedo

to have a great time

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: pasándolo de miedo
  • Past participle: pasado de miedo

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I have a great time
  2. tú you have a great time
  3. usted, él, ella he/she has a great time
  4. nosotros we have a great time
  5. vosotros Spain you all have a great time
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they have a great time

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I had a great time
  2. tú you had a great time
  3. usted, él, ella he/she had a great time
  4. nosotros we had a great time
  5. vosotros Spain you all had a great time
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they had a great time

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to have a great time
  2. tú you used to have a great time
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to have a great time
  4. nosotros we used to have a great time
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to have a great time
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to have a great time

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will have a great time
  2. tú you will have a great time
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will have a great time
  4. nosotros we will have a great time
  5. vosotros Spain you all will have a great time
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will have a great time

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would have a great time
  2. tú you would have a great time
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would have a great time
  4. nosotros we would have a great time
  5. vosotros Spain you all would have a great time
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would have a great time

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I have a great time
  2. tú (that) you have a great time
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she have a great time
  4. nosotros (that) we have a great time
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all have a great time
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they have a great time

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I had a great time
  2. tú (if) you had a great time
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she had a great time
  4. nosotros (if) we had a great time
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all had a great time
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they had a great time

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú have a great time!
  2. usted have a great time! (formal)
  3. nosotros have a great time! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain have a great time! (all of you)
  5. ustedes have a great time! (all of you)

How to use pasarlo de miedo

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    En las casetas de la Feria lo paso de miedo.

    In the Fair's marquees I have a great time.

  2. Past

    Lo pasamos de miedo en la despedida de Rocío.

    We had a great time at Rocío's hen night.

  3. Imperfect

    De niños lo pasábamos de miedo en la playa de Matalascañas.

    As children we had a great time on Matalascañas beach.

  4. Future

    Con vosotros lo pasaré de miedo, seguro.

    With you lot I'll have a great time, for sure.

  5. Conditional

    Los niños lo pasarían de miedo en el parque de atracciones.

    The children would have a great time at the amusement park.

  6. Present subjunctive

    ¡Que lo paséis de miedo en Cádiz!

    Have a great time in Cádiz!

  7. Past subjunctive

    No esperaba que lo pasáramos de miedo en una boda.

    I didn't expect we'd have such a great time at a wedding.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Pásalo de miedo en Londres y mándanos fotos!

    Have a great time in London and send us photos!

Good to know

  • "De miedo" here means brilliantly, not scarily: "Lo pasamos de miedo." You'll also hear "pasarlo bomba" and "pasarlo pipa".

Where you hear pasarlo de miedo

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Fluency Level 1

  • En la Feria, yo siempre lo paso de miedo. At the Fair, I always have a great time.
  • En el Carnaval lo pasamos de miedo, como siempre. At Carnival we had a great time, as always.
  • En la despedida lo vamos a pasar de miedo, ya verás. At the hen night we're going to have a great time, you'll see.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.