pagar

See also: pågår

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay pagar.

Noun

pagar (plural pagars)

1. (obsolete) A fence, in parts of Asia.
   • 1848, Hugh Low, Sarawak, Its Inhabitants and Productions, page 227:

     The pagars, or fences, are about six feet high, and the bars about fifteen inches one above the other; […]

Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pacāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈɡa(ɾ)/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Syllabification: pa‧gar

Verb

pagar

1. (transitive) to pay

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “pagar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin pacāre (“pacify”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈɡaɾ/ [paˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: pa‧gar

Verb

pagar (first-person singular indicative present pago, past participle pagáu)

1. to pay

Conjugation

Conjugation of pagar

infinitive		pagar
gerund		pagando
past participle		m pagáu, f pagada, n pagao, m pl pagaos, f pl pagaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	pago	pagues	paga	pagamos	pagáis	paguen
	imperfect	pagaba	pagabes	pagaba	pagábemos, pagábamos	pagabeis, pagabais	pagaben
	preterite	pagué	pagasti, paguesti	pagó	paguemos	pagastis, paguestis	pagaron
	pluperfect	pagare, pagara	pagares, pagaras	pagare, pagara	pagáremos, pagáramos	pagareis, pagarais	pagaren, pagaran
	future	pagaré	pagarás	pagará	pagaremos	pagaréis	pagarán
	conditional	pagaría	pagaríes	pagaría	pagaríemos, pagaríamos	pagaríeis, pagaríais	pagaríen
subjunctive	present	pague	pagues, pagas	pague	paguemos	paguéis	paguen, pagan
	imperfect	pagare, pagara	pagares, pagaras	pagare, pagara	pagáremos, pagáramos	pagareis, pagarais	pagaren, pagaran
imperative		—	paga	—	—	pagái	—

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan pagar, from Latin pacāre (“pacify”). Compare Occitan pagar, French payer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [paˈɣaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: pa‧gar
• Homophones: pegar, pagà, pegà

Verb

pagar (first-person singular present pago, first-person singular preterite paguí, past participle pagat)

1. (transitive) to pay (for/off)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pagar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)

infinitive			pagar
gerund			pagant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pagat		pagada
		plural		pagats		pagades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pago	pagues	paga	paguem	pagueu	paguen
	imperfect	pagava	pagaves	pagava	pagàvem	pagàveu	pagaven
	future	pagaré	pagaràs	pagarà	pagarem	pagareu	pagaran
	preterite	paguí	pagares	pagà	pagàrem	pagàreu	pagaren
	conditional	pagaria	pagaries	pagaria	pagaríem	pagaríeu	pagarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pagui	paguis	pagui	paguem	pagueu	paguin
	imperfect	pagués	paguessis	pagués	paguéssim	paguéssiu	paguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	paga	pagui	paguem	pagueu	paguin
	negative (no)	—	no paguis	no pagui	no paguem	no pagueu	no paguin

Derived terms

• pac
• pagafantes
• pagament
• pagar la fiesta

Related terms

• apagar
• pau

References

• “pagar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pagar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “pagar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pagar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑɡ̊ɑr/

Noun

pagar (genitive pagari, partitive pagarit)

1. baker

Declension

Declension of pagar (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		pagar	pagarid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	pagari
genitive			pagarite
partitive		pagarit	pagareid
illative		pagarisse	pagaritesse pagareisse
inessive		pagaris	pagarites pagareis
elative		pagarist	pagaritest pagareist
allative		pagarile	pagaritele pagareile
adessive		pagaril	pagaritel pagareil
ablative		pagarilt	pagaritelt pagareilt
translative		pagariks	pagariteks pagareiks
terminative		pagarini	pagariteni
essive		pagarina	pagaritena
abessive		pagarita	pagariteta
comitative		pagariga	pagaritega

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pagar, from Latin pacāre (“pacify”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /paˈɡaɾ/ [pɑˈɣ̞ɑɾ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /paˈɡaɾ/ [pɑˈɣ̞ɑɾ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /paˈħaɾ/ [pɑˈħɑɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: pa‧gar

Verb

pagar (first-person singular present pago, first-person singular preterite paguei, past participle pagado, short past participle pago)

1. (intransitive or transitive) to pay
2. (pronominal) to enjoy oneself; to please, satisfy

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pagar (irregular short past participle; g-gu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	pagar
Personal	pagar	pagares	pagar	pagarmos	pagardes	pagaren
Gerund
	pagando
Short past participle
Masculine	pago1			pagos1
Feminine	paga1			pagas1
Long past participle
Masculine	pagado2			pagados2
Feminine	pagada2			pagadas2
Indicative
Present	pago	pagas	paga	pagamos	pagades	pagan
Imperfect	pagaba	pagabas	pagaba	pagabamos	pagabades	pagaban
Preterite	paguei	pagaches	pagou	pagamos	pagastes	pagaron
Pluperfect	pagara	pagaras	pagara	pagaramos	pagarades	pagaran
Future	pagarei	pagarás	pagará	pagaremos	pagaredes	pagarán
Conditional	pagaría	pagarías	pagaría	pagariamos	pagariades	pagarían
Subjunctive
Present	pague	pagues	pague	paguemos	paguedes	paguen
Imperfect	pagase	pagases	pagase	pagásemos	pagásedes	pagasen
Future	pagar	pagares	pagar	pagarmos	pagardes	pagaren
Imperative
Affirmative		paga	pague	paguemos	pagade	paguen
Negative (non)		non pagues	non pague	non paguemos	non paguedes	non paguen

¹Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar.
²Usually used with auxiliary verbs haber and ter.

    Reintegrated conjugation of pagar (irregular short past participle; g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	pagar
Personal	pagar	pagares	pagar	pagarmos	pagardes	pagarem
Gerund
	pagando
Short past participle
Masculine	pago1			pagos1
Feminine	paga1			pagas1
Long past participle
Masculine	pagado2			pagados2
Feminine	pagada2			pagadas2
Indicative
Present	pago	pagas	paga	pagamos	pagades, pagais	pagam
Imperfect	pagava	pagavas	pagava	pagávamos	pagávades, pagáveis, pagávais3	pagavam
Preterite	paguei	pagaste, pagache3	pagou	pagamos	pagastes	pagárom, pagaram
Pluperfect	pagara	pagaras	pagara	pagáramos	pagárades, pagáreis, pagárais3	pagaram
Future	pagarei	pagarás	pagará	pagaremos	pagaredes, pagareis	pagarám, pagarão
Conditional	pagaria	pagarias	pagaria	pagaríamos	pagaríades, pagaríeis, pagaríais3	pagariam
Subjunctive
Present	pague	pagues	pague	paguemos	paguedes, pagueis	paguem
Imperfect	pagasse	pagasses	pagasse	pagássemos	pagássedes, pagásseis	pagassem
Future	pagar	pagares	pagar	pagarmos	pagardes	pagarem
Imperative
Affirmative		paga	pague	paguemos	pagade, pagai	paguem
Negative (nom)		nom pagues	nom pague	nom paguemos	nom paguedes, nom pagueis	nom paguem

¹Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar.
²Usually used with auxiliary verbs haver and ter.
³Less recommended.

Derived terms

• debíalle un día ao demo e funllo pagar hoxe
• despagar
• pagado

Related terms

• paz

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pagar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pagar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pagar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pagar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pagar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “pagar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Ido

Verb

pagar (present tense pagas, past tense pagis, future tense pagos, imperative pagez, conditional pagus)

1. to pay

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pagar

		present		past		future
infinitive		pagar		pagir		pagor
tense		pagas		pagis		pagos
conditional		pagus
imperative		pagez
adjective active participle		paganta		paginta		pagonta
adverbial active participle		pagante		paginte		pagonte
nominal active participle	singular	paganto		paginto		pagonto
	plural	paganti		paginti		pagonti
adjective passive participle		pagata		pagita		pagota
adverbial passive participle		pagate		pagite		pagote
nominal passive participle	singular	pagato		pagito		pagoto
	plural	pagati		pagiti		pagoti

Indonesian

pagar

Etymology

From Malay pagar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pager (“enclosure; palisade around a village; fence around a planted tree or cultivated field”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaɡar]
• Hyphenation: pa‧gar
• Rhymes: -ar

Noun

pagar (plural pagar-pagar)

1. fence, hedge

Affixed terms

• berpagar
• memagar
• memagari
• memagarkan
• pemagaran

Further reading

• “pagar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*pager”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish pagar (“to repay”), from Latin pacāre (“pacify”).

Verb

pagar (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling פאגאר)

1. (transitive) to pay (with currency)
   • 1999, Matilda Koén-Sarano, לז׳נדאס‎^[1], נור, page 207:

     Kuando boltó el halvadjí i avrió la kasha para pagar parás, no topó mas nada adientro.

     When the candyman turned around and opened the cash register to pay in Ottoman coins, there was no longer anything inside.

2. (reflexive) to be paid up
   • (Can we date this quote?), Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi, edited by Aron Rodrigue, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel A-Levi‎^[2], Stanford University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 231:

     I anke se les pagava una taksa por oka dela masá a los orneros, ma era kon fogera, ke kada uno keria tener la masá en kaza un dia antes.

     Although a fee was paid up per ounce of matzah to the bakers, everyone remained urgently wanting to have matzah at home a day earlier.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pagar

infinitive		simple		pagar
		compound		aver pagado
gerund		simple		pagando
		compound		aviendo pagado
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		pagado		pagados
		feminine		pagada		pagadas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		yo	tú	él / ella	mosotros mosós	vosotros vosós / vós	ellos / ellas
	present	pago	pagas	paga	pagamos	pagáx	pagan
	imperfect	pagava	pagavas	pagava	pagávamos	pagavax	pagavan
	preterite	pagí	pagates	pagó	pagimos	pagatex	pagaron
	future	pagaré	pagarás	pagará	pagaremos	pagaréx	pagarán
	conditional	pagaría	pagarías	pagaría	pagaríamos	pagaríax	pagarían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él / ella	mosotros mosós	vosotros vosós / vós	ellos / ellas
	present	page	pages	page	pagemos	pagéx	pagen
	imperfect	pagara	pagaras	pagara	pagáramos	pagarax	pagaran
imperative		—	tú	—	—	vosotros vosós / vós	—
	affirmative	—	paga	—	—	pagad	—
	negative	—	no pages	—	—	no pagéx	—

Related terms

• paga
• pagador
• pagamiento
• pagante
• pagavle

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pager (“enclosure; palisade around a village; fence around a planted tree or cultivated field”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɡar/
• Rhymes: -aɡar, -ɡar, -ar
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [päɡäː]

Noun

pagar (Jawi spelling ڤاݢر, plural pagar-pagar, informal 1st possessive pagarku, 2nd possessive pagarmu, 3rd possessive pagarnya)

1. fence, gate

   Pagar besi

   Metal fence

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• berpagar [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Verb

pagar (Jawi spelling ڤاݢر)

1. to set up a fence

   Reban ayam itu telah dipagarkan oleh Pak Mail.

   A fence was set up by Mr. Mail around that chicken coop.

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pemagar [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pemagaran [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• pagarkan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
• memagarkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• dipagarkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• terpagar [agentless action] (teR-)
• memagari [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• memagar [agent focus] (meN-)
• dipagari [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• dipagar [patient focus] (di-)

Further reading

• “pagar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*pager”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan pagar, from Latin pacāre (“pacify”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paˈɣa]

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

pagar

1. to pay

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		pagar			aver pagat
gerund		pagant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pagat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pagui	pagas	paga	pagam	pagatz	pagan
	imperfect	pagavi	pagavas	pagava	pagàvem	pagàvetz	pagavan
	preterite	paguèri	paguères	paguèt	paguèrem	paguèretz	paguèron
	future	pagarai	pagaràs	pagarà	pagarem	pagaretz	pagaràn
	conditional	pagariái	pagariás	pagariá	pagariam	pagariatz	pagarián
	conditional 2nd form1	paguèra	paguèras	paguèra	pagueram	pagueratz	paguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pague	pagues	pague	paguem	paguetz	paguen
	imperfect	paguèssi	paguèsses	paguèsse	paguèssem	paguèssetz	paguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			paga		paguem	pagatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		pagar			aver pagat
gerund		pagant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pagat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pague	pagues	paga	pagam	pagatz	pagon
	imperfect	pagave	pagaves	pagava	pagaviam	pagaviatz	pagavon
	preterite	paguere	pagueres	paguet	paguem	paguetz	pagueron
	future	pagarai	pagaràs	pagará	pagarem	pagaretz	pagarán
	conditional	pagariá	pagariás	pagariá	pagariam	pagariatz	pagarián
	conditional 2nd form1	paguèra	paguèras	paguèra	pagueram	pagueratz	paguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pague	pagues	pague	pagassiam	pagassiatz	pagon
	imperfect	paguesse	paguesses	paguesse	paguessiam	paguessiatz	paguesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			paga		pagassiam	pagatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		pagar			aver pagat
gerund		pagant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pagat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pagui	pagas	paga	pagam	pagatz	pagan
	imperfect	pagavi	pagavas	pagava	pagàvam	pagàvatz	pagavan
	preterite	paguèi	paguès	paguè	paguèm	paguètz	paguèn
	future	pagarèi	pagaràs	pagarà	pagaram	pagaratz	pagaràn
	conditional	pagarí	pagarés	pagaré	pagarem	pagaretz	pagarén
	conditional 2nd form1	paguèra	paguèras	paguèra	pagueram	pagueratz	paguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pagui	pagues	pague	paguem	paguetz	paguen
	imperfect	paguèssi	paguèsses	paguèsse	paguèssem	paguèssetz	paguèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			paga		paguem	pagatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		pagar			aver pagat
gerund		pagant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pagat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pague	pagas	paga	pagam	pagatz	pagan
	imperfect	pagava	pagavas	pagava	pagàvam	pagàvatz	pagavan
	preterite	paguei	pagueras	paguet	paguèram	paguèratz	pagueran
	future	pagarai	pagaràs	pagará	pagarem	pagaretz	pagarán
	conditional	pagariá	pagariàs	pagariá	pagariam	pagariatz	pagarián
	conditional 2nd form1	paguèra	paguèras	paguèra	pagueram	pagueratz	paguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pague	pagues	pague	paguem	paguetz	paguen
	imperfect	paguèsse	paguèsses	paguèsse	paguèssem	paguèssetz	paguèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			paga		paguem	pagatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		pagar			aver pagat
gerund		pagant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pagat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pague	pagues	paga	pagam	pagatz	pagan
	imperfect	pagavi	pagavas	pagava	pagàvem	pagàvetz	pagavan
	preterite	paguère	paguères	paguèt	pagueriam	pagueriatz	paguèron
	future	pagarai	pagaràs	pagarà	pagarem	pagaretz	pagaràn
	conditional	pagariáu	pagariás	pagariá	pagariam	pagariatz	pagarián
	conditional 2nd form1	paguèra	paguèras	paguèra	pagueram	pagueratz	paguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pague	pagues	pague	paguem	paguetz	pagan
	imperfect	paguèsse	paguèsses	paguèsse	paguessiam	paguessiatz	paguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			paga		paguem	pagatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Derived terms

• pagament

Related terms

• patz

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pagar, from Latin pacāre (“to pacify”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈɡa(ʁ)/ [paˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈɡa(ʁ)/ [paˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /paˈɡa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /paˈɡa(ʁ)/ [paˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈɡa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈɡaɾ/ [pɐˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈɡaɾ/ [pɐˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈɡa.ɾi/ [pɐˈɣa.ɾi]

• Audio (Portugal):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pa‧gar

Verb

pagar (first-person singular present pago, first-person singular preterite paguei, past participle pagado, short past participle pago)

1. to pay
   1. (intransitive, transitive) to give [someone] money in exchange for a good or service

      Pagamos/Pagámos ao vendedor pelas maçãs. ― We paid the salesman for the apples.

   2. (transitive) (to give money in order to discharge [a debt or bill])

      Paga/Pague a renda! ― Pay the rent!

      Synonym: quitar

   3. (transitive) to pay for; to buy (to give money in exchange for [a good or service])

      Paguei um almoço ao mendigo. ― I bought lunch for the beggar.

      Synonym: comprar

   4. (informal, intransitive) to suffer negative consequences

      Eles devem pagar pelo roubo. ― They must pay for the theft.

      Synonym: ver

2. (Brazil, transitive) to do (exercises, physical activities), especially as punishment

   O cadete que tropeçou teve que pagar duas voltas ao redor do campo. ― The cadet who tripped had to do two laps around the field.

3. (Brazil, transitive, followed by de) to pretend to be, to feign an attribute or style

   pagar de inteligente

   to pretend to be smart

   pagar de rico

   to pretend to be rich

4. (colloquial, transitive) to accidentally expose one's intimate body part or undergarment
   • 2014 August 19, Felipe Castilho, Prata, Terra & Lua Cheia, Gutemberg, →ISBN:

     Preencheu os bolsos com as lascas de prata, que pesavam, e isso fazia sua única veste escorregar um pouco para baixo. Não se importaria de pagar cofrinho, ninguém o observaria.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

Usage of the long past participle form pagado is sometimes considered dated.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pagar (irregular short past participle; g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	pagar
Personal	pagar	pagares	pagar	pagarmos	pagardes	pagarem
Gerund
	pagando
Short past participle
Masculine	pago1			pagos1
Feminine	paga1			pagas1
Long past participle
Masculine	pagado2			pagados2
Feminine	pagada2			pagadas2
Indicative
Present	pago	pagas	paga	pagamos	pagais	pagam
Imperfect	pagava	pagavas	pagava	pagávamos	pagáveis	pagavam
Preterite	paguei	pagaste	pagou	pagamos3, pagámos4	pagastes	pagaram
Pluperfect	pagara	pagaras	pagara	pagáramos	pagáreis	pagaram
Future	pagarei	pagarás	pagará	pagaremos	pagareis	pagarão
Conditional	pagaria	pagarias	pagaria	pagaríamos	pagaríeis	pagariam
Subjunctive
Present	pague	pagues	pague	paguemos	pagueis	paguem
Imperfect	pagasse	pagasses	pagasse	pagássemos	pagásseis	pagassem
Future	pagar	pagares	pagar	pagarmos	pagardes	pagarem
Imperative
Affirmative		paga	pague	paguemos	pagai	paguem
Negative (não)		não pagues	não pague	não paguemos	não pagueis	não paguem

¹Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar.
²Usually used with auxiliary verbs haver and ter.
³Brazilian Portuguese.
⁴European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• paga-pau
• pagador
• pagamento
• pagar mico
• pagar pato

Related terms

• apagar
• paz

Descendants

• → Gujarati: પગાર (pagār)
  • → Urdu: پَگار (pagār)
• → Marathi: पगार (pagār)
• → Konkani: पगार (pagār)
• → Sindhi: pagharu
  • Devanagari script: पघारु
  • Arabic script: پَگهارُ

Further reading

• “pagar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish pagar, from Latin pacāre (“pacify”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈɡaɾ/ [paˈɣ̞aɾ]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pa‧gar

Verb

pagar (first-person singular present pago, first-person singular preterite pagué, past participle pagado)

1. to pay

   Synonym: comprar

2. (intransitive) to be worthwhile, to have a pay off

   Synonym: valer la pena

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pagar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			pagar
gerund			pagando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pagado		pagada
		plural		pagados		pagadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pago	pagastú pagásvos	paga	pagamos	pagáis	pagan
	imperfect	pagaba	pagabas	pagaba	pagábamos	pagabais	pagaban
	preterite	pagué	pagaste	pagó	pagamos	pagasteis	pagaron
	future	pagaré	pagarás	pagará	pagaremos	pagaréis	pagarán
	conditional	pagaría	pagarías	pagaría	pagaríamos	pagaríais	pagarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pague	paguestú paguésvos2	pague	paguemos	paguéis	paguen
	imperfect (ra)	pagara	pagaras	pagara	pagáramos	pagarais	pagaran
	imperfect (se)	pagase	pagases	pagase	pagásemos	pagaseis	pagasen
	future1	pagare	pagares	pagare	pagáremos	pagareis	pagaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pagatú pagávos	pague	paguemos	pagad	paguen
	negative		no pagues	no pague	no paguemos	no paguéis	no paguen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of pagar (g-gu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive pagar	dative	pagarme	pagarte	pagarle, pagarse	pagarnos	pagaros	pagarles, pagarse
	accusative	pagarme	pagarte	pagarlo, pagarla, pagarse	pagarnos	pagaros	pagarlos, pagarlas, pagarse
with gerund pagando	dative	pagándome	pagándote	pagándole, pagándose	pagándonos	pagándoos	pagándoles, pagándose
	accusative	pagándome	pagándote	pagándolo, pagándola, pagándose	pagándonos	pagándoos	pagándolos, pagándolas, pagándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative paga	dative	págame	págate	págale	páganos	not used	págales
	accusative	págame	págate	págalo, págala	páganos	not used	págalos, págalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pagá	dative	pagame	pagate	pagale	paganos	not used	pagales
	accusative	pagame	pagate	pagalo, pagala	paganos	not used	pagalos, pagalas
with formal second-person singular imperative pague	dative	págueme	not used	páguele, páguese	páguenos	not used	págueles
	accusative	págueme	not used	páguelo, páguela, páguese	páguenos	not used	páguelos, páguelas
with first-person plural imperative paguemos	dative	not used	paguémoste	paguémosle	paguémonos	paguémoos	paguémosles
	accusative	not used	paguémoste	paguémoslo, paguémosla	paguémonos	paguémoos	paguémoslos, paguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pagad	dative	pagadme	not used	pagadle	pagadnos	pagaos	pagadles
	accusative	pagadme	not used	pagadlo, pagadla	pagadnos	pagaos	pagadlos, pagadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative paguen	dative	páguenme	not used	páguenle	páguennos	not used	páguenles, páguense
	accusative	páguenme	not used	páguenlo, páguenla	páguennos	not used	páguenlos, páguenlas, páguense

Derived terms

• al jugar y perder, pagar y callar
• amor con amor se paga
• antepagar
• paga
• pagable
• pagamento
• pagapensiones
• pagar a escote
• pagar a tocateja
• pagar el pato
• pagar el piso
• pagar justos por pecadores
• pagar los platos rotos
• pago
• Pepito paga doble

Related terms

• apagar
• paz

Further reading

• “pagar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• grapa

Venetan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈɡar/

Verb

pagar

1. (transitive) to pay

Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of pagar (first conjugation)

infinitive	pagar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		pagando
past participle		pagà
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	pago	(te) paghi	(el/ła) paga	paghémo, pagòn	paghé	(i/łe) paga
imperfect	pagava	(te) pagavi	(el/ła) pagava	pagàvimo	pagavi	(i/łe) pagava
future	pagarò	(te) pagarè	(el/ła) pagarà	pagarémo	pagarè	(i/łe) pagarà
conditional	pagarìa	(te) pagarisi	(el/ła) pagarìa	pagarìsimo	pagarisi	(i/łe) pagarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	paghe, paga	(te) paghi	(el/ła) paghe, (el/ła) paga	paghémo, pagone	paghé	(i/łe) paghe, (i/łe) paga
imperfect	pagase	(te) pagasi	(el/ła) pagase	pagàsimo	pagasi	(i/łe) pagase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) paga	(el/ła) paga, (el/ła) paghe	paghémo	paghé	(i/łe) paga, (i/łe) paghe