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back pay

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
back pay n	(law: wages for previous work)	pago retroactivo nm + adj
		pago de atrasos salariales nm + loc adj
		pago de atrasos nm + loc adj
	The court has ordered that Mr Smith's former employer pay him £20,000 in back pay.

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Locuciones verbales
Inglés		Español
pay [sth] back vtr phrasal sep	(return money)	devolver algo loc verb
	I can't afford to pay back the fifty pounds he lent me.
	No puedo devolverle las 50 libras que me prestó.
pay [sb] back vtr phrasal sep	(return money to)	devolver⇒ vtr
	I will pay you back the £5 tomorrow.
	Te devolveré las cinco libras mañana.
		pagar⇒ vtr
	Te pagaré las cinco libras mañana.
	(formal)	reembolsar⇒ vtr
	Te reembolsaré las cinco libras mañana.
pay [sb] back vtr phrasal sep	figurative, informal (take revenge on)	vengarse de alguien v prnl + prep
	(coloquial)	devolvérsela a alguien loc verb + prep
	After John embarrassed Susan, she paid him back by playing a joke on him.
	Después de que John avergonzara a Susan, ella se vengó de él jugándole una broma.
pay [sb] back for [sth] vtr phrasal sep	figurative, informal (take revenge for [sth])	vengarse de alguien por algo loc verb
	How shall I pay him back for that dirty trick he played on me?
	¿Cómo puedo vengarme de él por ese truco sucio que me hizo?
pay [sb] back for doing [sth] vtr phrasal sep	figurative, informal (take revenge for [sth])	vengarse de alguien por hacer algo loc verb
	I still haven't paid you back for humiliating me in front of all my friends.
	Todavía no me he vengado de ti por haberme humillado en frente de todos mis amigos.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
pay [sb] back for [sth] v expr	(return money borrowed from [sb])	pagarle algo a alguien vtr + prep
	(dinero)	devolverle algo a alguien vtr + prep
	I paid him back for the drinks he had bought us.
	Le pagué las bebidas que nos había comprado.
pay [sb] back in their own coin, pay [sb] back in his own coin, pay [sb] back in her own coin v expr	figurative (retaliate)	pagarle a alguien con la misma moneda loc verb + prep
pay [sb] back in his/her/their own coin v expr	figurative (behave toward [sb] in a like way) (figurado)	pagarle a alguien con la misma moneda expr

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