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pagar

to pay

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to pay

Give money to settle a price, fee or debt.

pagar a conta; pagar por algo

Já paguei a conta de luz.

I have already paid the electricity bill.

Quanto você pagou por essa mochila?

How much did you pay for that backpack?

THE LITTLE DISTINCTION

Usage

Pagar a conta names what is paid; pagar por algo names what the payment is for. The spelling changes in paguei and pague keep the consonant sound. This paradigm uses pagado with ter; pago is also used as a participle.

Conjugation

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