Pasar de alto

[poli]

To overlook or suplir is what I think it means.
¿Estoy en lo cierto?

[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.

[poli]

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.

Thanks Rusty. I did not get this from a written word, so therefore I may have remembered it incorrectly. Pasar por alto seems right to me.

[sosia]

Pasar de alto --> it's too big
Pasar por alto (the common one) -> not to notice. When you make something without realizing or without really wanting. To overlook, to skip.

Think of it as your pass flying over the place/thing. You pass it high and you didn't notice

Example
"buscaba la tienda de muebles y la pasé por alto" I was searching for a store and I didn't notice it.
"Hay algunas ofertas que no se pueden pasar por alto " Some discounts are so good you can't skip/overlook them.

Saludos
PD: Rusty is "speedy Gonzalez"

[Rusty]

So, does the following make sense?

I passed over New York City while flying to Italy. I couldn't see it because we were too high.
Pasé de alto la Ciudad de Nueva York mientras volaba (al volar) a Italia. No pude verla por la altitud.

[poli]

Originally Posted by Rusty

So, does the following make sense?

I passed over New York City while flying to Italy. I couldn't see it because we were too high.
Pasé de alto la Ciudad de Nueva York mientras volaba (al volar) a Italia. No pude verla por la altitud.

Sí se entiende bien. Un pequeño retoque: "I couldn't see it because we were flying too high." asi la frase es más claro con un sentido. Sin la palabra flying la frase tiene 2 significados. 1) lo que querías decir
2) no pudimos ver porque estábamos damasiado borrachos o elevados.

[CrOtALiTo]

Does Overlook meaning Pasar por alto?

Then How I can say pase por alto tu groseria.

[poli]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

Does Overlook meaning Pasar por alto?

Then How I can say pase por alto tu groseria.

I won't pay attention to your foul language.

[CrOtALiTo]

Ok, then the oration ain't seemed to the oration in Spanish, it change totally in itself build.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

Ok, then the oration ain't seemed to the oration in Spanish, it change totally in itself build.

Huh??

oración = sentence, not oration!
pasar por alto = modismo in Spanish meaning to overlook (to disregard/ignore/not pay attention to)
grosería = rudeness (rude comment or rude action)
decir groserías = to swear (to cuss/to use foul language)

I overlooked your rudeness.
I ignored your rudeness.
I didn't pay attention to your rudeness.
I disregarded your rudeness.
= Pasé por alto tu grosería.