# pagar
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Malay pagar.

### Noun

pagar (plural pagars)
* (obsolete) A fence, in parts of Asia.
** 1848, Hugh Low, Sarawak, Its Inhabitants and Productions, page 227:The pagars, or fences, are about six feet high, and the bars about fifteen inches one above the other; […]

## Aragonese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin pacāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈɡa(ɾ)/
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Syllabification: pa‧gar

### Verb

pagar
* (transitive) to pay

### References

* Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “pagar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin pacāre (“pacify”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈɡaɾ/ [paˈɣ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: pa‧gar

### Verb

pagar (first-person singular indicative present pago, past participle pagáu)
* to pay

#### Conjugation
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan pagar, from Latin pacāre (“pacify”). Compare Occitan pagar, French payer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pəˈɣa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [paˈɣaɾ]
* Audio (Barcelona):(file)
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Hyphenation: pa‧gar
* Homophones: pegar, pagà, pegà

### Verb

pagar (first-person singular present pago, first-person singular preterite paguí, past participle pagat)
* (transitive) to pay (for/off)

#### Derived terms

* pac
* pagafantes
* pagament
* pagar la fiesta

#### Related terms

* apagar
* pau

### References

* “pagar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “pagar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “pagar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “pagar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Estonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɑɡ̊ɑr/

### Noun

pagar (genitive pagari, partitive pagarit)
* baker

#### Declension
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pagar, from Latin pacāre (“pacify”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈɡaɾ/ [pɑˈɣ̞ɑɾ]
* IPA: (standard) /paˈɡaɾ/ [pɑˈɣ̞ɑɾ]
* IPA: (gheada) /paˈħaɾ/ [pɑˈħɑɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: pa‧gar

### Verb

pagar (first-person singular present pago, first-person singular preterite paguei, past participle pagado, short past participle pago)
* (intransitive or transitive) to pay
* (pronominal) to enjoy oneself; to please, satisfy

#### Conjugation

$^1$Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar. $^2$Usually used with auxiliary verbs haber and ter.
$^1$Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar. $^2$Usually used with auxiliary verbs haver and ter. $^3$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* debíalle un día ao demo e funllo pagar hoxe
* despagar
* pagado

#### Related terms

* paz

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pagar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pagar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pagar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pagar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pagar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Further reading

* “pagar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Ido
### Verb

pagar (present tense pagas, past tense pagis, future tense pagos, imperative pagez, conditional pagus)
* to pay

#### Conjugation
## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay pagar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pager (“enclosure; palisade around a village; fence around a planted tree or cultivated field”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpaɡar]
* Hyphenation: pa‧gar
* Rhymes: -ar

### Noun

pagar (plural pagar-pagar)
* fence, hedge

#### Affixed terms

* berpagar
* memagar
* memagari
* memagarkan
* pemagaran

### Further reading

* “pagar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*pager”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Ladino
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish pagar (“to repay”), from Latin pacāre (“pacify”).

### Verb

pagar (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling פאגאר)
* (transitive) to pay (with currency)
** 1999, Matilda Koén-Sarano, לז׳נדאס‎, נור, page 207:Kuando boltó el halvadjí i avrió la kasha para pagar parás, no topó mas nada adientro.When the candyman turned around and opened the cash register to pay in Ottoman coins, there was no longer anything inside.
* (reflexive) to be paid up
** (Can we date this quote?), Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi, edited by Aron Rodrigue, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel A-Levi‎, Stanford University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 231:I anke se les pagava una taksa por oka dela masá a los orneros, ma era kon fogera, ke kada uno keria tener la masá en kaza un dia antes.Although a fee was paid up per ounce of matzah to the bakers, everyone remained urgently wanting to have matzah at home a day earlier.

#### Related terms

* paga
* pagador
* pagamiento
* pagante
* pagavle

### References

* ↑ “pagar”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pager (“enclosure; palisade around a village; fence around a planted tree or cultivated field”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paɡar/
* Rhymes: -aɡar, -ɡar, -ar
* (Johor-Riau) IPA: [päɡäː]

### Noun

pagar (Jawi spelling ڤاݢر, plural pagar-pagar, informal 1st possessive pagarku, 2nd possessive pagarmu, 3rd possessive pagarnya)
* fence, gate
    Pagar besiMetal fence

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* berpagar [stative / habitual] (beR-)

### Verb

pagar (Jawi spelling ڤاݢر)
* to set up a fence
    Reban ayam itu telah dipagarkan oleh Pak Mail.A fence was set up by Mr. Mail around that chicken coop.

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* pemagar [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
* pemagaran [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
* pagarkan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
* memagarkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
* dipagarkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
* terpagar [agentless action] (teR-)
* memagari [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
* memagar [agent focus] (meN-)
* dipagari [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
* dipagar [patient focus] (di-)

### Further reading

* “pagar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*pager”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan pagar, from Latin pacāre (“pacify”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [paˈɣa]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

pagar
* to pay

#### Derived terms

* pagament

#### Related terms

* patz

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pagar, from Latin pacāre (“to pacify”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /paˈɡa(ʁ)/ [paˈɡa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /paˈɡa(ʁ)/ [paˈɡa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /paˈɡa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /paˈɡa(ʁ)/ [paˈɡa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /paˈɡa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐˈɡaɾ/ [pɐˈɣaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐˈɡaɾ/ [pɐˈɣaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɐˈɡa.ɾi/ [pɐˈɣa.ɾi]
* Audio (Portugal):(file)
* Hyphenation: pa‧gar

### Verb

pagar (first-person singular present pago, first-person singular preterite paguei, past participle pagado, short past participle pago)
* to pay
** (intransitive, transitive) to give [someone] money in exchange for a good or service
    Pagamos/Pagámos ao vendedor pelas maçãs. ― We paid the salesman for the apples.
** (transitive) (to give money in order to discharge [a debt or bill])
    Paga/Pague a renda! ― Pay the rent!
    Synonym: quitar
** (transitive) to pay for; to buy (to give money in exchange for [a good or service])
    Paguei um almoço ao mendigo. ― I bought lunch for the beggar.
    Synonym: comprar
** (informal, intransitive) to suffer negative consequences
    Eles devem pagar pelo roubo. ― They must pay for the theft.
    Synonym: ver
* (Brazil, transitive) to do (exercises, physical activities), especially as punishment
    O cadete que tropeçou teve que pagar duas voltas ao redor do campo. ― The cadet who tripped had to do two laps around the field.
* (Brazil, transitive, followed by de) to pretend to be, to feign an attribute or style
    pagar de inteligenteto pretend to be smart
    pagar de ricoto pretend to be rich
* (colloquial, transitive) to accidentally expose one's intimate body part or undergarment
** 2014 August 19, Felipe Castilho, Prata, Terra & Lua Cheia, Gutemberg, →ISBN:Preencheu os bolsos com as lascas de prata, que pesavam, e isso fazia sua única veste escorregar um pouco para baixo. Não se importaria de pagar cofrinho, ninguém o observaria.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Usage notes

Usage of the long past participle form pagado is sometimes considered dated.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar. $^2$Usually used with auxiliary verbs haver and ter. $^3$Brazilian Portuguese. $^4$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* paga-pau
* pagador
* pagamento
* pagar mico
* pagar pato

#### Related terms

* apagar
* paz

#### Descendants

* → Gujarati: પગાર (pagār)
** → Urdu: پَگار (pagār)
* → Marathi: पगार (pagār)
* → Konkani: पगार (pagār)
* → Sindhi: pagharu
** Devanagari script: पघारु
** Arabic script: پَگهارُ

### Further reading

* “pagar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish pagar, from Latin pacāre (“pacify”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈɡaɾ/ [paˈɣ̞aɾ]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: pa‧gar

### Verb

pagar (first-person singular present pago, first-person singular preterite pagué, past participle pagado)
* to pay
    Synonym: comprar
* (intransitive) to be worthwhile, to have a pay off
    Synonym: valer la pena

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* al jugar y perder, pagar y callar
* amor con amor se paga
* antepagar
* paga
* pagable
* pagamento
* pagapensiones
* pagar a escote
* pagar a tocateja
* pagar el pato
* pagar el piso
* pagar justos por pecadores
* pagar los platos rotos
* pago
* Pepito paga doble

#### Related terms

* apagar
* paz

### Further reading

* “pagar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* grapa

## Venetan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈɡar/

### Verb

pagar
* (transitive) to pay

#### Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.