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Pasamos por el peaje nuevo.

Pasamos por el peaje nuevo.
We go through the new toll.
From Lesson 93:Causes, duration, and transit (por)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Pasamos por el peaje nuevo.

Why do we use por in this sentence instead of para?
In this sentence, por indicates movement through or by a physical space. Whenever you are passing through, walking around, or traveling along a route, you use por. If you used para, it would mean the toll was your final destination, rather than something you were just driving through.
Doesn't pasamos also mean "we passed" in the past tense?
Yes, it can! For regular verbs ending in -ar, the nosotros (we) form is spelled and pronounced exactly the same in the present tense (pasamos = we pass/go) and the preterite past tense (pasamos = we passed/went). You usually rely on the context of the conversation to know which time frame is meant.
Does peaje mean the money you pay, or the physical tollbooth?
It can mean both! El peaje refers to the toll fee itself, but it is also the everyday word for the physical toll plaza or tollbooth on a highway. In this sentence, because the speaker is physically passing through it, it refers to the physical structure.
Why is the adjective nuevo masculine when peaje ends in an "e"?
While nouns ending in "e" can be tricky to guess the gender of, there is a very reliable rule here: almost all Spanish words ending in -aje are masculine (like el viaje, el mensaje, or el garaje). Because el peaje is masculine, the adjective describing it must also be masculine (nuevo).

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