🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

pasar por alto

Pronunciation / Transliteration: paˈsaɾ poɾ ˈalto

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Overlooking/ˌoʊvərˈlʊkɪŋ/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Ella pasó por alto los detalles importantes."

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2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To fail to notice or consider something.

    "She was so focused on her work that she was overlooking the important details."
  2. 2

    To have a view from above; to look down upon.

    "The balcony overlooks the beautiful garden."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'overlooking' is derived from the combination of the prefix 'over-' meaning 'above' or 'beyond' and the verb 'look', which comes from Old English 'locian'. The term has evolved to encompass both the literal sense of viewing from a higher position and the figurative sense of neglecting or failing to notice something.

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