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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

pagar

Pronunciation / Transliteration: paˈɡar

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pay/peɪ/
verbnounCEFR A1 (Beginner)Top #150 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Decidió pagar sus compras con una tarjeta de crédito."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To give money in exchange for goods or services.

    "She decided to pay for her groceries with a credit card."
  2. 2

    To give someone a specified amount of money for work done.

    "The company will pay you a bonus for your hard work."
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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'paien', from Old French 'payer' (to pacify, appease, pay), stemming from the Latin 'pacare' meaning 'to pacify or make peaceful'. Over centuries, the meaning shifted from settling an obligation to restore peace through compensation to the general transfer of money for goods and services.

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