| Principal Translations |
| paid adj | (for which payment has been made) | pagado participio |
| | Margaret asked for a copy of the paid bill. |
| | Margaret pidió una copia de la factura pagada. |
| paid adj | (for which payment must be made) | pago/a adj |
| | | de pago loc adj |
| | You can watch movies on demand, but it's a paid service. |
| | Puedes mirar las películas a demanda pero es un servicio pago. |
| paid adj | (work: remunerated) | pago/a adj |
| | | remunerado adj |
| | | pagado/a adj |
| | Paid work isn't easy to find these days. |
| | El trabajo pago no es fácil de encontrar en estos días. |
| paid adj | (worker: remunerated) | remunerado adj |
| | This charity is recruiting paid and unpaid volunteers. |
| | Esta organización benéfica está buscando trabajadores remunerados y voluntarios. |
| Principal Translations |
| pay⇒ vi | (make a payment) | pagar⇒ vtr |
| | I have no money. Can you pay? |
| | No tengo dinero. ¿Puedes pagar? |
| pay for [sth] vi + prep | (give money in exchange) | pagar⇒ vtr |
| | He paid for his dinner when the bill came. |
| | Cuando le dieron la cuenta él la pagó. |
| pay [sb] [sth]⇒ vtr | (offer money to) | pagar⇒ vtr |
| | I'll pay you five dollars if you tell me where he went. |
| | Te pagaré 5 dólares si me dices a dónde fue. |
| pay [sth]⇒ vtr | (settle) | saldar⇒ vtr |
| | I would like to pay my account now. |
| | Me gustaría saldar mi cuenta ahora. |
| pay [sth] for [sth] vtr + prep | (give money for) | pagar⇒ vtr |
| | What a nice dress! How much did you pay for it? |
| | ¡Qué vestido más bonito! ¿Cuánto pagaste por él? |
| pay [sb] [sth] for [sth] vtr + prep | (give money in exchange) | pagar⇒ vtr |
| | | dar⇒ vtr |
| | I'll pay you ten dollars for that shirt. |
| | Te pagaré diez dólares por esa camisa. |
| | Te daré diez dólares por esa camisa. |
| pay [sb] to do [sth] v expr | (offer money to do [sth]) | pagar⇒ vtr |
| | They paid him to redecorate their house. |
| | Le pagaron por redecorar su casa. |
| pay [sb] [sth] to do [sth] v expr | (give money in exchange) | pagar⇒ vtr |
| | | dar⇒ vtr |
| | My dad paid me five pounds to clean his car. |
| | Mi padre me pagó cinco libras por limpiar su coche. |
| | Mi padre me dio cinco libras por limpiar su coche. |
| pay [sth] (to [sb])⇒ vtr | (respects, tribute: show) (respeto) | presentar algo a alguien, prestar algo a alguien loc verb |
| | He paid his respects to the king. |
| | Él le presentó sus respetos al rey. |
| Additional Translations |
| pay n | (wages, salary) | salario nm |
| | | paga nf |
| | The pay at this company is pretty good. |
| | En esta compañía el salario es bastante bueno. |
| pay n | informal (payroll) | nómina nf |
| | Linda is the secretary and Betty works on invoices and pay. |
| | Linda es la secretaria y Betty trabaja en facturas y nómina. |
pay,
paying n as adj | US (not free of charge) | de pago loc adj |
| | | pago/a adj |
| | While most web sites are free, there are some pay sites. |
| | Mientras que la mayoría de las páginas web son gratis, otras son de pago. |
| pay to do [sth] v expr | figurative (be beneficial) | compensar⇒ vtr |
| | | dar frutos loc verb |
| | It usually pays to be nice to people. |
| | Ser cordial con los demás suele compensar. |
| pay⇒ vi | (offer as salary) | pagar⇒ vtr |
| | It sounds like a good job, but what do they pay? |
| | Parece un buen trabajo pero, ¿cuánto pagan? |
| pay vi | figurative (be beneficial) | rendir⇒ vi |
| | | dar frutos loc verb |
| | It just goes to show—sometimes being nice to people pays. |
| | Sólo demuestra que a veces ser bueno con la gente rinde. |
| pay vi | figurative (suffer consequences) (figurado) | pagar⇒ vtr |
| | | sufrir⇒ vtr |
| | Don't do it! You are going to pay if you do! |
| | ¡No lo hagas! ¡Pagarás las consecuencias si lo haces! |
| | Si lo haces sufrirás las consecuencias. |
| pay for [sth] vi + prep | figurative, informal (suffer consequences) (coloquial) | pagar⇒ vtr |
| | You'll pay for what you did to me - I'll make sure of that! |
| | Pagarás por lo que me has hecho, ¡y me aseguraré de ello! |
| | (coloquial) | pagar⇒ vtr |
| | Vas a pagar por lo que me has hecho, ¡y me aseguraré de ello! |
| pay [sth]⇒ vtr | nautical (let ship fall to leeward) | soltar⇒ vtr |
| pay [sth] vtr | nautical (tar ship's bottom) | alquitranar un barco loc verb |
| pay [sth] vtr | (yield as a return) | rendir⇒ vtr |
| | The stock paid six percent last year. |
| | Las acciones rindieron un seis por ciento el año pasado. |
| pay [sth] vtr | (taxes: contribute) (impuestos) | pagar⇒ vtr |
| | As someone who pays her taxes, I like to have a say in what the council does with my money. |
| | Como alguien que paga sus impuestos, me gustaría decir algo con respecto a lo que el Consejo hace con mi dinero. |
Locuciones verbales
pay | paid |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| pay [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | (make a down payment) | hacer un pago inicial loc verb |
pay down [sth],
pay [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | mainly US (partly pay off, pay back: debt) | saldar⇒ vtr |
| | | liquidar⇒ vtr |
pay in [sth],
pay [sth] in vtr phrasal sep | (money: put into a bank) | ingresar⇒ vtr |
| | I went to the bank and paid in a cheque. |
| | Voy al banco a ingresar este cheque en mi cuenta. |
| pay [sth] in full vtr phrasal sep | (pay completely) | saldar la cuenta loc verb |
| | I was happy to pay the invoice in full and be free of debt. |
| | Me alegró saldar la cuenta y no tener deudas. |
Compound Forms:
paid | pay |
| all-expenses-paid adj | (everything is free) | todo incluido loc adj |
| | | sin costo alguno loc adj |
| | | libre de costo loc adj |
| | | con todos los gastos pagos loc adj |
| | Geoff won an all-expenses-paid trip to Hawaii! Lucky guy! |
| | Se ganó un viaje de una semana a Hawái, todo incluido. |
annuity paid by installments (US),
annuity paid by instalments (UK) n | (business: periodic payments) | anualidad pagada a plazos loc nom f |
| | | renta anual pagada a plazos loc nom f |
| carriage paid adj | (no shipping charges) | flete pagado nm + adj |
| | | porte pagado nm + adj |
| get paid vi | informal (receive payment) | recibir paga vtr |
| | Do you get paid weekly or monthly? I get paid every month in cash. |
| | ¿Recibes paga por semana o por mes? |
| | | pagar⇒ vtr |
| | ¿Te pagan por semana o por mes? |
low-paid,
low paid adj | (job: poorly remunerated) | mal pagado, mal remunerado loc adj |
| Note: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| | Teaching is a low-paid job in Argentina. |
| | La enseñanza es un oficio mal pagado en Argentina. |
low-paid,
low paid adj | (worker: earning little) | mal pagado loc adj |
| | | mal pago loc adj |
| Note: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| | Low-paid workers sometimes take on second jobs just to pay their day-to-day living expenses. |
| | Los trabajadores mal pagados a veces tienen segundos trabajos para pagar sus gastos diarios. |
| paid in full adj | (completely paid or repaid) | completamente pagado loc adj |
| | El coche está completamente pagado. |
| | | saldado participio |
| | Con este último pago la deuda queda saldada. |
| | | pagado del todo adj |
| | Es tele estupenda, pero no está pagada del todo. |
| paid leave n | (being paid while absent) | permiso retribuido nm + adj |
| | | vacaciones pagadas, vacaciones pagas nfpl + adj |
paid vacation (US),
paid holiday (UK) n | uncountable (time off work with full pay) | vacaciones pagadas nfpl + adj |
| | (AmL) | vacaciones pagas nfpl + adj |
| | Since I have two weeks of paid vacation, I can take that time off while still receiving an income. |
| | This year I'm entitled to three weeks' paid holiday. |
| | Como tengo dos semanas de vacaciones pagadas, puedo tomarme ese tiempo y recibir un sueldo. // Este año tengo derecho a tres semanas de vacaciones pagadas. |
| paid-in adj | (dues, etc.: having paid) | pagado/a adj |
| | | depositado adj |
| | | ingresado adj |
| | | desembolsado |
paid-in capital,
paid in capital n | (finance: payments from investors) | capital aportado, capital desembolsado nm + adj |
| paid-up adj | (who has paid fees) | saldado adj |
| | | liquidado adj |
| | | pagado completamente adj + adv |
| | George is a paid-up member of the club. |
postage paid,
postage-paid adj | (stamped ready for mailing) | prefranqueado participio |
| | | con franqueo pagado loc adj |
| | Please include a postage paid envelope with your application. |
| | You can claim your rebate simply by returning your receipt in the postage-paid envelope. |
| | Por favor incluya un sobre prefranqueado en su solicitud. // Puede solicitar su devolución simplemente devolviendo su recibo en el sobre prefanqueado. |
| put paid to [sth] v expr | informal (cause to end abruptly) | acabar con vi + prep |
| | | dar al traste con loc verb |
| | | arruinar⇒ vtr |
| | The heavy rain put paid to Jan's idea of having a picnic in the park. |
well paid,
well-paid adj | (person: earning high salary) | bien pagado loc adj |
| | | bien remunerado loc adj |
| Note: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| | The well-paid banker has a big house and a nice car. |
| | El empleado bien pago tiene una casa grande y un buen auto. |
well paid,
well-paid adj | (work: earning high salary) | bien remunerado loc adj |
| | Finding well-paid work can be difficult if you don't have the right qualifications. |
| | Es difícil conseguir un trabajo bien remunerado si no tienes una buena cualificación. |