Breakdown of Talvez ela se passe no labirinto!
ela
she
no
in the / on the / at the (m, f, pl forms: na, nos, nas)
talvez
perhaps
passar-se
to freak out
Questions & Answers about Talvez ela se passe no labirinto!
How does the verb passar become "freak out" in this sentence?
This is the exact lexical shift covered in this lesson! While passar normally means "to pass" or "to spend time", adding the reflexive pronoun completely changes its meaning. When applied to a person, passar-se is a very common informal way to say "to freak out", "to lose one's mind", or "to get extremely angry".
Could passar-se mean something else if it wasn't about a person?
Why is the verb conjugated as passe rather than the standard present tense passa?
The word talvez (maybe) expresses doubt or uncertainty, which automatically triggers the subjunctive mood. For regular -ar verbs like passar, the present subjunctive for ela changes the ending to an -e, making it passe.
Why does the reflexive pronoun come before the verb here (se passe) instead of attaching to the end (passe-se)?