Pagado vs. Pago

Question

I noticed that the participle of pagar is both pagado and pago. Is this used much? Can I say, "He pago la cuenta"?

Is it regional?

This seems to be the case with apagar, too.

Answer 1

Hi , pesta !

He pago la cuenta? Really?

It is not very common, in my area at least. It's sounds like a big mistake to my ears. I just can say that if I hear this, I understand it, but I think -It should be "pagado", shouldn't it?-

About this, I have heard many times :

"he pagao la cuenta" , is the lazy form ( and incorrect )

and several times:

"¿está la cuenta paga?", that sounds extremely colloquial and I'd swear that it's a not too correct form, but maybe I'm wrong and it's very used in other areas.

Edited: however, according to RAE the form is worth to be in the dictionary!

pago3, ga.

1. part. irreg. coloq. p. us. de pagar.

although it specifies: little-used colloquial irregular participle

Always learning something new!

I hope this is an error on the SD conjugation page. But it's the same with both pagar and apagar! - pesta, Nov 23, 2010

I see it's not an error. Just very irregular. I will not use it. Thanks! - pesta, Nov 23, 2010

Me parecía tan improbable que ni siquera intentaba consultar el RAE. Gracias, Laura. - samdie, Nov 23, 2010

Answer 2

Hi pesta,

I'm Spanish, you can't say "He pago la cuenta" you should say "He pagado la cuenta" which is present perfect. "pago" is in present , " yo pago la cuenta".

The"Presente" of this verb is

Yo pago Tu pagas El paga Nosotros pagamos Vosotros pagáis Ellos pagan

I hope it helps you,

Miguel

I know pago is present indicative, but the *Participle* is listed as "pagado,pago" (see my link to conjugation of pagar) - that's my question. - pesta, Nov 23, 2010

Answer 3

Pagué la cuenta la semana pasada. I paid the bill last week. Pagó la cuenta la semana pasada. He/she paid the bill last week.