pagar con la misma moneda

Spanish

Verb

pagar con la misma moneda (first-person singular present pago con la misma moneda, first-person singular preterite pagué con la misma moneda, past participle pagado con la misma moneda)

1. (idiomatic) to give someone a taste of their own medicine

Further reading

• “pagar con, o en, la misma moneda”, 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