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pago

Portuguese, noun/ˈpa.ɡu/

pago is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the place where one was born or grew up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of pagar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “recompensa”.

What does pago mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    paid (having been paid for)

noun

  1. 1

    masculinethe place where one was born or grew up

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of pagar

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of pagar

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que se pagou 2. que foi entregue para pagamento 3. que se vingou 4. que tirou desforra

noun: 1. recompensa 2. retribuição 3. o mesmo que paga 4. povoação pequena

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 pago

  • paga feminine
  • pagos masculine plural
  • pagas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce pago?

  • Brazil /ˈpa.ɡu/
  • Portugal /ˈpa.ɡu/
  • Portugal [ˈpa.ɣu]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to pago

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is pago in Portuguese?

pago appears 41 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).