This is the 12905th most frequent Spanish word.
pasivos
"Pasivos" in English means "liabilities" or "inactive/passive ones," depending on the context.
In this context, 'pasivos' refers to financial liabilities of an organization, a term used in accounting.
Los pasivos de la empresa se han incrementado este año.
The liabilities of the company have increased this year.
Here, 'pasivos' describes the behavior of the students as being passive, meaning not actively participating.
Los estudiantes fueron bastante pasivos durante la clase.
The students were quite passive during the class.
In this sentence, 'pasivos' characterizes components that do not actively participate or react in the described chemical process.