pagar
Portuguese, verb/paˈɡa(ʁ)/
pagar is spelled P-A-G-A-R (5 letters) and appears 120 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pagar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to give [someone] money in exchange for a good or service” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “remunerar”.
What does pagar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to give [someone] money in exchange for a good or service
Pagamos/Pagámos ao vendedor pelas maçãs.
- 2
(to give money in order to discharge [a debt or bill])
Paga a renda!
- 3
to pay for; to buy (to give money in exchange for [a good or service])
Paguei um almoço ao mendigo.
- 4
informalto suffer negative consequences
Eles devem pagar pelo roubo.
- 5
Brazilto do (exercises, physical activities), especially as punishment
O cadete que tropeçou teve que pagar duas voltas ao redor do campo.
- 6
Brazilto pretend to be, to feign an attribute or style
pagar de inteligente
- 7
colloquialto accidentally expose one's intimate body part or undergarment
pagar peitinho
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. remunerar 2. entregar ao vendedor/fornecedor o valor concordado pelo produto ou serviço 3. expiar 4. vir a expor deixando à vista sem se ter pretendido, de forma acidental de si
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pagar
- pago first-person present singular
- paguei first-person preterite singular
- pagado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- pagares infinitive second-person singular
- pagarmos first-person infinitive plural
- pagardes infinitive plural second-person
- pagarem infinitive plural third-person
- pagando gerund
- pagos masculine participle past
- paga feminine participle past
- pagas feminine participle past
- pagados long-form masculine participle
- pagada feminine long-form participle
- pagadas feminine long-form participle
- pagamos first-person indicative plural
- pagais indicative plural present
- pagam indicative plural present
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pagar?
- Brazil /paˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [paˈɡa(h)]
- /paˈɡa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
pagar appears 120 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).