No. 10,932 in French

pas

"Pas" means "step" or "not" (as part of negation).

In a sentence

Je ne vais pas à la plage aujourd'hui.
I am not going to the beach today.
Here, 'pas' is used as part of the negation structure 'ne... pas' to indicate the negative form of the verb 'vais'.
J'ai fait un pas vers la solution.
I took a step toward the solution.
In this sentence, 'pas' refers to a physical step or movement, used as a noun.
Pas de souci, tout va bien.
No worries, everything is fine.
Here, 'pas' signifies the absence of something ('de souci') in an informal phrase.

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