Breakdown of Ayer me pasé media hora esperando a que la pantalla dejara de parpadear.
yo
I
medio
half
la hora
the hour
la pantalla
the screen
Questions & Answers about Ayer me pasé media hora esperando a que la pantalla dejara de parpadear.
Why is it me pasé and not just pasé?
Because pasarse + amount of time + gerund is a very common way to say to spend time doing something.
So:
- Pasé media hora = I spent half an hour / half an hour passed
- Me pasé media hora esperando = I spent half an hour waiting
That little me is part of the idiomatic expression pasarse here. In this sentence, me pasé media hora is the natural way to say that the speaker spent that amount of time on the activity.
What exactly does me pasé media hora mean?
It means I spent half an hour.
The structure is:
pasarse + time expression + gerund
Examples:
- Me pasé dos horas estudiando = I spent two hours studying
- Nos pasamos toda la tarde hablando = We spent the whole afternoon talking
In your sentence:
- me pasé = I spent
- media hora = half an hour
- esperando... = waiting...
So the whole chunk means I spent half an hour waiting...
Why is it media hora and not medio hora?