passing

que pasa, de paso

Que se mueve junto a una persona o un lugar y sigue de largo.

En inglés sencillo: Someone or something is moving past a person or place.

• We watched the passing cars.
• A passing stranger helped us.
• The noise of passing trains kept her awake.

Expresiones frecuentes: passing cars, passing stranger, passing train

breve, superficial

Dicho de un comentario o interés breve y superficial, al que se dedica poca atención.

En inglés sencillo: A comment or interest is brief or slight, with little attention or detail.

• He made a passing comment about the weather.
• The book contains a passing reference to her work.
• I have only a passing interest in politics.

Sinónimos: brief, casual, slight

Antónimos: detailed, thorough

Expresiones frecuentes: passing comment, passing reference, passing interest

pasajero, efímero

Que dura poco tiempo y desaparece pronto.

En inglés sencillo: Something lasts only a short time and soon disappears.

• It was just a passing feeling.
• Her interest in sailing proved a passing fancy.
• The sadness was a passing phase.

Sinónimos: temporary, brief, fleeting

Antónimos: lasting, permanent

Expresiones frecuentes: passing phase, passing feeling, passing fancy

percibido conforme a su identidad

Que los demás perciben como perteneciente a la identidad que presenta, por ejemplo, un género determinado.

En inglés sencillo: Someone is seen by others as having the identity they present, such as a particular gender.

• He is a passing trans man.
• A passing trans woman described her experiences at work.
• Being a passing transgender person can affect how strangers treat you.

Expresiones frecuentes: passing trans man, passing trans woman

fallecimiento, fin

La muerte de alguien o el fin de algo que antes existía.

En inglés sencillo: Someone’s death, or the ending of something that once existed.

• We mourned her passing.
• His peaceful passing brought the family some comfort.
• The museum marks the passing of an industrial era.

Cómo se usa: the passing of someone/something (They mourned the passing of their oldest friend.)

Sinónimos: death, end

Antónimos: birth

Expresiones frecuentes: someone’s passing, peaceful passing, passing of something

paso, transcurso

Movimiento de algo que pasa por un lugar, o cambio que ocurre a medida que avanza el tiempo.

En inglés sencillo: The movement of something past a place, or a change as time moves forward.

• We watched the passing of the boats.
• The passing of years changed their friendship.
• The festival marks the passing from winter to spring.

Cómo se usa: the passing of something (The passing of time helped her recover.); passing from A to B (The ceremony marks the passing from childhood to adulthood.)

Sinónimos: passage, transition

Expresiones frecuentes: passing of time, passing of years, passing of trains

aprobación

Acto de aprobar oficialmente una propuesta de ley u otra medida similar.

En inglés sencillo: The act of officially approving a proposed law or similar measure.

• The passing of the bill took months.
• She welcomed the passing of the new law.
• Several members opposed the passing of this measure.

Cómo se usa: the passing of something (The passing of the law changed workers’ rights.)

Sinónimos: passage, approval, enactment

Antónimos: rejection

Expresiones frecuentes: passing a bill, passing of legislation, passing a law

malabarismo en pareja

Tipo de malabarismo en el que varias personas se lanzan objetos unas a otras.

En inglés sencillo: A kind of juggling in which people throw objects to each other.

• We practiced passing with six clubs.
• Their passing routine involved four jugglers.
• Can you teach me club passing?

Expresiones frecuentes: club passing, practice passing, passing pattern