How to Say ‘What happened?’ in Mexican Spanish
¿Qué pasó?
keh pah-SOH
[keh pah-SOH]
🇲🇽 In Mexico: In Mexico ¿Qué pasó? also works as a casual greeting, like "what's up?", not just a question about some event.
Phrase Breakdown
Qué
[keh]
what
An interrogative word meaning what; with 'a' and 'hora' it means 'what time'.
¿A qué hora empieza la clase?
What time does the class start?
pasó
[pah-SOH]
happened
Past tense of 'pasar'; used to ask or say what happened.
Pasó de repente anoche y ya no salió agua caliente.
It happened suddenly last night and then no hot water came out.
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