pay [peɪ] paid (past)
noun
(wages) [of professional person] sueldo; (m) [of worker] salario; (m) sueldo; (m) [of day labourer] jornal; (m) (payment) paga; (f) the pay's not very good no pagan muy bien; to draw get one's payor cobrar; to be in sb's pay estar al servicio de algn; agents in the enemy's pay agentes al servicio del enemigo; (m)
verb:transitive
1 [+bill, duty, fee] pagar; [+account] liquidar; [+debt] saldar; liquidar; [+employee, worker] pagar a
to pay sb £10 pagar 10 libras a algn; how much is there to pay? ¿cuánto hay que pagar?; to pay sb to do a job pagar a algn para que haga un trabajo
paid (on receipted bill) pagado
to pay sth on accountaccount pagar algo a cuenta
a badly paid workerbadly un obrero mal pagado
to pay cash (down)cash pagar al contado
I paid £5 for that recordfor pagué 5 libras por ese disco
how much did you pay for it? ¿cuánto pagaste por él?; ¿cuánto te costó?; that's what you're paid for para eso te pagan; it's a service that has to be paid for es un servicio que hay que pagar
to be get paid on Fridaysorget cobrar los viernes
when do you get paid? ¿cuándo cobras?
does your current account pay interest?interest ¿le rinde intereses su cuenta corriente?
to pay money into an accountinto ingresar dinero en una cuenta
to pay one's wayway pagarse los gastos
2 (be profitable to)
it wouldn't pay him to do it no le compensaría hacerlo; no le valdría la pena hacerlo; but it paid him in the long run pero a la larga le fue provechoso
verb:intransitive
1 pagar
don't worry, I'll pay no te preocupes, lo pago yo
to pay in advanceadvance pagar por adelantado
can I pay by cheque?by ¿puedo pagar con cheque?
to pay for sthfor pagar algo
they paid for her to go pagaron para que fuera
to pay in fullfull pagarlo todo; pagar la cantidad íntegra
to pay in instalmentsinstalments pagar a plazos
modifier
pay as you earn (Britain) retención fiscal (hecha por la empresa); (f)
pay award (n) adjudicación de aumento de salarios; (f)
pay bargaining (n) negociación salarial; (f)
pay bed (n) cama de pago; (f)
pay cheque (n) cheque de la paga; (m) (salary) sueldo; (m)
pay desk (n) caja; (f)
pay dirt (n) (US) grava provechosa; (f)
to hit strike pay dirtor dar con un filón de oro
pay envelope (n) (US) sobre de la paga; (m)
pay increase (n) incremento salarial; (m)
pay negotiations (n) negociaciones salariales; (f)
pay office (n) caja; (f) pagaduría; (f)
pay packet (n) (Britain) sobre de la paga; (m)
pay pause (old-fashioned) (n) congelación de sueldos y salarios; (f)
pay phone (n) (Britain) teléfono público; (m)
pay policy (n) política salarial; (f)
pay round (n) serie de negociaciones salariales; (f)
pay scale (n) escala salarial; (f)
pay slip (n) nómina; (f) hoja salarial de sueldo; (f)or
pay station (n) (US) teléfono público; (m) (for parking) parquímetro; (m)
pay structure (n) estructura salarial; (f)
pay television (n) televisión de pago; (f)
