Information about the word pay (English → Esperanto: pagi)

Synonyms: ante up, foot the bill

Part of speechverb
Pronunciation/peɪ̯/
Hyphenationpay
Shavian alphabet𐑐𐑱
Deseret alphabet𐐹𐐩

Conjugation

Indicative mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) pay(I) paid
(thou) payest(thou) paidst
(he) pays, payeth(he) paid
(we) pay(we) paid
(you) pay(you) paid
(they) pay(they) paid
Subjunctive mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) pay (I) paid
(thou) pay(thou) paid
(he) pay(he) paid
(we) pay(we) paid
(you) pay(you) paid
(they) pay(they) paid
Imperative mood
pay
Participles
Present participlePast participle
payingpaid

Usage samples

In January 2017, a London‐based arbitration panel ruled that Nigeria pay $ 6.6 billion to P&ID as compensation for breaching the contract awarded in 2010.
How much did you pay for the house and when did you buy it?
Before, I paid one hundred euros for electricity per month.
But he never paid his creditors a penny.
In 2018 and 2019, the first Trump administration paid billions to farmers who were hurt by trade wars the president had started.

Translations

Afrikaansbetaal
Catalanpagar
Czechplatit; zaplatit
Danishbetale
Dutchbetalen; uitkeren
Esperantopagi
Faeroesegjalda
Finnishmaksaa
Frenchpayer
Germanzahlen; bezahlen; entrichten
Hungarianfizet
Italianpagare
Jamaican Patoispie
Low Germanbestüveren; betålen
Malaybayar … membayar
Norwegianbetale
Papiamentopaga
Polishpłacić
Portuguesepagar
Romanianplăti
Russianзаплатить; платить
Saterland Frisianbetoalje
Scotspey
Spanishpagar
Srananpay
Swedishbetala
Thaiจ่าย; จ่ายเงิน; เสี่ย
West Frisianbetelje