agua pasada — meaning & examples

Language: es

Meanings:

  • 1.

    General Spanishneutralcolloquial
    • An event, circumstance, or matter that belongs to the past and is no longer relevant or worth worrying about; water under the bridge.

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    • Lo que pasó hace años es agua pasada, prefiero concentrarme en el presente y olvidar el pasado.

      What happened years ago is water under the bridge; I prefer to focus on the present and forget the past.

    • No vale la pena discutir por eso ahora, es agua pasada y debemos mirar hacia adelante.

      It's not worth arguing about that now; it's water under the bridge and we should look ahead.

    • Aunque hubo problemas antes, para mí eso es agua pasada y quiero empezar de nuevo contigo.

      Although there were problems before, to me that is water under the bridge and I want to start over with you.

  • 2.

    General Spanishneutral
    • Water that has flowed past a given point (literal meaning).

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    • El río llevaba mucha agua pasada después de la tormenta de anoche, el nivel subió considerablemente.

      The river carried a lot of water past the point after last night's storm; the level rose considerably.

    • Mientras caminábamos por la orilla, vimos cómo el agua pasada corría rápido hacia el mar.

      As we walked along the shore, we saw how the water flowing past rushed quickly toward the sea.

    • El puente estaba seguro porque el agua pasada no alcanzaba a tocar su estructura en ese momento.

      The bridge was safe because the water flowing past did not reach its structure at that moment.

    • Después de la crecida, el agua pasada dejó muchos sedimentos en las orillas del río.

      After the flood, the water that had passed left many sediments on the riverbanks.

Examples:

  • ES: Nos alejaremos hasta que tu historia sea agua pasada.
    EN: We moved away until your story was forgotten.
  • ES: No, es agua pasada.
    EN: No, we're all washed up.
  • ES: ¿No era agua pasada?
    EN: I thought you said you were all washed up.
  • ES: Eso es agua pasada.
    EN: That's the old stuff.
    EN: That's a thing of the past.
    EN: That is past water.
    EN: That's all past.
  • ES: Olvídese de la pasta, es agua pasada.
    EN: Forget about the dough. That's all right.
  • ES: Eso es agua pasada, olvídalo.
    EN: Ancient history Mickey, forget it.
  • ES: Pero es agua pasada, su madre anda por medio.
    EN: Mind you, she hasn't romanced anyone but me. But it's in the past.
  • ES: - ¡Con todas las promesas que me había hecho! - Es agua pasada. ¿Qué importa?
    EN: And this despite the fact that she swore to me. "That water has leaked." Do not you care?
  • ES: Esto es agua pasada.
    EN: After all, that's water over the dam.
  • ES: El caso James ya es agua pasada.
    EN: The James case is a closed issue.
  • ES: No será agua pasada hasta que el hermano de Jesse se lo haga pagar bien caro.
    EN: And it won't be closed till Jesse's brother's paid for every dad-blasted drop of it.
  • ES: Es agua pasada. -Júramelo
    EN: I swear.
  • ES: - Es agua pasada. - Sí, pero me lo merecía.
    EN: Oh, that's water under the bridge.
  • ES: - No, el Príncipe es agua pasada.
    EN: - No, the prince is all washed up.
  • ES: Lo que usted sabe es agua pasada.
    EN: What you're thinking, McNamara, is yesterday's news.
  • ES: Pero eso es agua pasada. Todos aquellos entrenamientos les van a ser muy útiles.
    EN: However, that's all behind us now, and it looks as though all this training we did is going to come in pretty handy after all.
  • ES: - Es agua pasada...
    EN: It's water under the bridge...
  • ES: Sí, pero es agua pasada.
    EN: It's water under the bridge.
  • ES: Como sea, todo eso es agua pasada. Es como si hubiera muerto con ella.
    EN: Anyway, that's all gone just as if it died with her.
  • ES: Pero eso ya es agua pasada.
    EN: But that's all past now.

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