Passar Batido: Say a Detail Went Unnoticed in Portuguese
Passar batido means to go unnoticed or be missed. Use it for details, mistakes, and messages that someone did not catch.
Real Life Portuguese · 4 min read · Updated October 14, 2026
The short answer
Passar batido means to go unnoticed, escape someone’s attention, or be missed. It can describe a small mistake in a text, a message in a busy group chat, or a detail that no one caught at first.
Use passar batido for something that was missed
The expression often uses passar despercebido as a more neutral alternative. In casual Brazilian Portuguese, you may also hear the ending agree in gender and number when the subject is feminine or plural: a mensagem passou batida; os detalhes passaram batidos.
O erro passou batido na primeira revisão.
The mistake went unnoticed in the first review.
A minha mensagem passou batida no grupo.
My message got missed in the group chat.
Dois detalhes passaram despercebidos.
Two details went unnoticed.
Distinguish a missed detail from deliberate neglect
Passar batido does not usually say that someone intentionally ignored the detail. Fazer vista grossa suggests that the person knew about the issue and chose not to respond. Use the expression that matches what actually happened.
When accountability matters, state the action plainly: ninguém viu o aviso (no one saw the notice) or a equipe decidiu não agir (the team decided not to act). The idiom is useful in conversation, but a precise description can be clearer in a report.
A data passou batida porque estava no fim do e-mail.
The date went unnoticed because it was at the end of the email.
A supervisora fez vista grossa para o atraso.
The supervisor turned a blind eye to the delay.
Não percebi o aviso no aplicativo.
I didn’t notice the notice in the app.
Put it into practice
Use passar batido for an accidental miss; use fazer vista grossa when someone knowingly chooses to overlook a problem.
Quick practice
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