pagar justos por pecadores

Spanish

Verb

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

1. (idiomatic) to pay for someone else's wrongdoings

Further reading

• “pagar justos por pecadores”, 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