Spanish · Chapter 34 · Lesson 4 · Grammar primer
Subjunctive set phrases
On the AQA A-level grammar list.
The short version
Pase lo que pase doubles the verb
Reduplicate a subjunctive verb around lo que and you get the concessive that concedes every outcome at once: cueste lo que cueste, digan lo que digan, sea como sea. Both halves are subjunctive, so pase lo que pasa breaks the frame. Build your own the same way: hagas lo que hagas, vayas donde vayas.
Pase lo que pase, no me rindo.
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