payment
vs
remainder

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"Payment" is a noun which is often translated as "el pago", and "remainder" is a noun which is often translated as "el resto". Learn more about the difference between "payment" and "remainder" below.

payment(

pey

mihnt

)

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).

noun

1. (act of paying)

a. el pago

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

Payment will be made by bank transfer.El pago se realizará mediante transferencia bancaria.

b. el abono

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

(in formal contexts)

Please send payment at your earliest convenience.Por favor envíe el abono en cuanto le sea posible.

2. (amount paid)

a. el pago

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

Payment will be credited to your account in 48 hours.El pago será ingresado en su cuenta en 48 horas.

3. (installment)

a. el pago

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

I have nine $200 monthly payments left.Me faltan nueve pagos mensuales de 200 dólares.

4. (requital)

a. el pago

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

Forty years in prison were his payment for the terrible crime he committed.Cuarenta años de cárcel fueron el pago por el terrible crimen que cometió.

remainder(

rih

meyn

duhr

)

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).

noun

1. (left-over quantity)

a. el resto

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

Since no one else was hungry, I ate the remainder of the salad.Como nadie más tenía hambre, me comí el resto de la ensalada.

b. los restantes

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

, las restantes

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

We can still use these tablecloths, but the remainder are too dirty.Todavía podemos usar estos manteles, pero los restantes están demasiado sucios.

2. (mathematics)

a. el resto

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

13 divided by 2 is 6 with a remainder of 1.13 dividido por 2 son 6 con un resto de 1.

3. (unsold copy of book)

a. el resto de edición

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

A certain Lain Coubert was trying to destroy the remainders of the "The Shadow of the Wind."Un tal Laín Coubert pretendía destruir los restos de edición de "La Sombra del Viento".

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).

transitive verb

4. (to sell the last copies of an edition)

a. liquidar restos de

We managed to remainder the edition at the book fair.Logramos liquidar restos de la edición en la feria de libros.

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