pagar
Spanish, verb/paˈɡaɾ/
pagar is spelled P-A-G-A-R (5 letters) and appears 98 times per million words in written Spanish, the 891st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pagar is a Spanish verb meaning “to pay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Satisfacer lo que se debía”.
What does pagar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pay
- 2
to be worthwhile, to have a pay off
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Satisfacer lo que se debía. 2. Causar derechos los géneros que se introducen. 3. Sufrir la pena merecida. 4. Corresponder dignamente a las atenciones de otro.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pagar
- pago first-person present singular
- pagué first-person preterite singular
- pagado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- pagando gerund
- pagada feminine participle past
- paga Uruguay feminine participle
- pagados masculine participle past
- pagos Uruguay masculine participle
- pagadas feminine participle past
- pagas Uruguay feminine participle
- pagás indicative informal present
- pagamos first-person indicative plural
- pagáis indicative plural present
- pagan indicative plural present
- pagaba first-person imperfect indicative
- pagabas imperfect indicative second-person
- pagábamos first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pagar?
- /paˈɡaɾ/
- [paˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pagar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pagar in Spanish?
pagar appears 98 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).