Pasar de alto

[CrOtALiTo]

Thank you.

[Rusty]

You're welcome, Crotalito.

Above (arriba) I wrote rudeness as a translation for grosería. That's only one of its meanings. Poli used another. I hinted at that meaning towards the bottom of the post when I wrote decir groserías.

grosería:
swear word, cuss word, foul language, dirty word, naughty word, bad word, rude word
rude expression, rude action, rudeness

[CrOtALiTo]

Okis, I got it.

[Tomisimo]

pasar por alto = to disregard, overlook, ignore
pasarse de alto = to be too tall (no es un modismo, pero así se entendería)
pasarse un alto = to run a stopsign/stoplight

Here's an example of the middle one:

La altura máxima para poder subirse al juego era de 1.10 metros y mi hijo se pasó de alto porque mide 1.20.

[silopanna]

Originally Posted by Rusty

Pasar por alto is to overlook, pass over or not take notice. Suplir means to make up for or to replace (to stand in for - to substitute).

Pasar de alto looks like it might mean the same thing as pasar por alto, but it isn't as common. And, it might have a slightly different nuance. Let's wait for a native speaker to confirm.

Rusty,

Ok, you answered it. "Pasar por alto" means to overlook.

What about "me pasou por encima."

[Rusty]

Assuming you meant me pasó por encima, there could be lots of meanings. More context would be nice.
The word pasou is not Spanish. It looks like Portuguese, but means the same thing.

pasar por encima
= to pass/go over (above), in the literal sense AND in the figurative sense, as in pasar por encima la autoridad de alguien (to go over someone's head)
= to walk/run/move over (the lady ran over the dog)

me pasó por encima
= someone ran over me/jumped on me
= something wiped me out (like a hard week at work)
= something passed me by (like life)

[silopanna]

Rusty,

Whoops! I meant "pasó", not "pasou".

So if something subtle happens in a conversation, and I don't catch it, but somebody calls my attention to it later on, then I could say "me pasó por encoma", meaning I didn't catch that.

Is this it?

Dean

[Rusty]

No, you can't use pasé por encima in this case. Use lo pasé por alto (I spaced it).

[CrOtALiTo]

The I can translate the sentence Pasar por alto falta de amor, I overlooked your fault to love for me.

I'm accurate in the build of the sentence?

[poli]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

The I can translate the sentence Pasar por alto falta de amor, I overlooked your lack of love for me.

I'm accurate in the construction of the sentence?

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