Meanings
verbpass off as (third-person singular simple present passes off as, present participle passing off as, simple past and past participle passed off as)
present singular third person passes off as · participle present passing off as · participle past passed off as · past passed off as
Translations
Bulgarian представям за, представя за
- представям за (predstavjam za)to misrepresent as
- представя за (predstavja za)to misrepresent as
Chinese Mandarin 偽裝成 /伪装成, 冒充
- 偽裝成 /伪装成 (wěizhuāng chéng)to misrepresent as
- 冒充 (màochōng)to misrepresent as
Esperanto akceptigi
- akceptigito misrepresent as
Finnish esittää, tarjota
- esittääto misrepresent as
- tarjotato misrepresent as
French faire passer pour
- faire passer pourto misrepresent as
German ausgeben als, verkaufen als
- ausgeben alsto misrepresent as
- verkaufen alsto misrepresent as
Italian spacciarsi per
- spacciarsi perto misrepresent as
Korean 처럼 행세(行世)하다, 으로 가장(假裝)하다
- 처럼 행세(行世)하다 (-cheoreom haengsehada)to misrepresent as
- 으로 가장(假裝)하다 (-euro gajanghada)to misrepresent as
Persian جا زدن
- جا زدن (jâ zadan)to misrepresent as
Portuguese passar
- passarto misrepresent as
Russian выдать себя за, выдавать себя за
- выдать себя за (vydatʹ sebja za)to misrepresent as
- выдавать себя за (vydavatʹ sebja za)to misrepresent as
Spanish hacer pasar como / por, dar la impresión de que
- hacer pasar como / porto misrepresent as
- dar la impresión de queto misrepresent as
Turkish yutturmak
- yutturmakto misrepresent as
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APA
pass off as. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pass%20off%20as
MLA
“pass off as.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pass%20off%20as. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pass off as,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pass%20off%20as.
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