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the past (time, what has already happened)
Il faut arrêter de vivre dans le passé.
You need to stop living in the past.
outdated
old-fashioned
Ton style est un peu passé, non ?
Your style is a bit outdated, isn't it?
gone off
spoiled (food)
Fais attention, le lait est passé.
Be careful, the milk has gone off.
to go past
to pass by
to pass through
to stop by
to drop in (brief visit)
to hand (something) to someone
to pass (an object)
to spend (time)
to pass (time)
to happen
to occur
to take (an exam)
to sit (a test)
to show/broadcast (a programme or film)
Notes
GENERAL INFO
Passé is: a masculine noun "the past" (*le passé*); an adjective "past" or "last" (*l'année passée*); and the past participle of *passer* (to pass, to spend time).
USAGE
As a noun: *oublier le passé* (forget the past).
As an adjective: *la semaine passée* (last week).
As a participle with *avoir*: *J'ai passé l'examen* (I took the exam). With *être*, it means "went by."
TRAPS
Adjective passé agrees with its noun (*les années passées*).
When *passer* uses *être* in compound tenses, its participle also agrees: *Elles sont passées*.