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pagar

verbBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “pagar” mean in English?

  1. to pay

Example sentences

  • Pago con tarjeta.

    I pay by card.

  • Pagué la cuenta.

    I paid the bill.

  • ¿Quién paga?

    Who's paying?

How to use it

Pagar means 'to pay'. Regular -ar verb except for the orthographic -gar → -gué change in the preterite 1sg: pagué.

Common mistake

Preterite 1sg is pagué (with -gué), not 'pagé'. The g → gu orthographic rule applies before -e. Same as llegué, busqué, empecé.

Forms of pagar

Present
pago, pagas, paga, pagamos, pagáis, pagan

Topics

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 13.