The correct word

Question

How do you say pay day in spanish referring to a weekly or monthly salary I have seen dia de pago and dia de paga what is the difference and which one is correct but when i ask people" cuando es dia de pago" they seem to understand me and nobody has corrected me even people who speak both spanish and english have never corrected me

"Spanish and English" should be capitalized. - rac1, Sep 17, 2015

Answer 1

From what I can tell “día de pago”, “día de paga”, and “día de cobro” are all used.

Here a Spaniard prefers cobro and a Mexican pago:

http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/payday.117597/

But I do not know the regional variation

Something is wrong with your link. - rac1, Sep 17, 2015

Nevermind I see it. - rac1, Sep 17, 2015

Yes, sometimes I have to fix the things I did wrong the first time. :D - bosquederoble, Sep 17, 2015

So in other words they are all correct - Sc89, Sep 17, 2015

So in other words, you have to figure out what is used in the region where you are trying to communicate. :) - bosquederoble, Sep 17, 2015

Your profile does not say where you are- do you call it a lift or an elevator- un ascensor o un elevador. ;) - bosquederoble, Sep 17, 2015

Answer 2

día de paga,=wages day

Día de pago. =Payment day

Answer 3

So in otherwords they are all correct?

See my comments above. You need to learn the one for your region. :) - bosquederoble, Sep 17, 2015