Pagar means to pay. Learn five tenses, then practise each person.
Present: pago, pagas, paga, pagamos, pagáis, pagan.
Pagar in the present tense
Use the present for current states, habits and actions. The subject can be omitted when the verb makes it clear.
Vosotros is informal plural you in Spain. Ustedes uses the ellos/ellas form and is the usual plural you in Latin America.
Pagar in the preterite tense
Use the preterite for a completed event in the past, viewed as a whole.
Pagar in the imperfect tense
Use the imperfect for past habits, ongoing situations and background descriptions, without marking their endpoint.
Pagar in the future tense
Use the simple future for what will happen. Spanish also uses this tense for a guess about the present.
Pagar in the conditional tense
Use the conditional for what would happen, a polite request or a hypothetical situation.
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All six persons. Blue, bold forms differ from regular endings, including spelling changes that preserve pronunciation.
| Person | Present | Preterite | Imperfect | Future | Conditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| yo | pago | pagué | pagaba | pagaré | pagaría |
| tú | pagas | pagaste | pagabas | pagarás | pagarías |
| él / ella / usted | paga | pagó | pagaba | pagará | pagaría |
| nosotros / nosotras | pagamos | pagamos | pagábamos | pagaremos | pagaríamos |
| vosotros / vosotras | pagáis | pagasteis | pagabais | pagaréis | pagaríais |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | pagan | pagaron | pagaban | pagarán | pagarían |
| Person | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| yo | pago | I pay |
| tú | pagas | you pay |
| él / ella / usted | paga | he/she pays |
| nosotros / nosotras | pagamos | we pay |
| vosotros / vosotras | pagáis | you all (vosotros) pay |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | pagan | they pay |
| Person | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| yo | pagué | I paid |
| tú | pagaste | you paid |
| él / ella / usted | pagó | he/she paid |
| nosotros / nosotras | pagamos | we paid |
| vosotros / vosotras | pagasteis | you all (vosotros) paid |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | pagaron | they paid |
| Person | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| yo | pagaba | I used to pay |
| tú | pagabas | you used to pay |
| él / ella / usted | pagaba | he/she used to pay |
| nosotros / nosotras | pagábamos | we used to pay |
| vosotros / vosotras | pagabais | you all (vosotros) used to pay |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | pagaban | they used to pay |
| Person | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| yo | pagaré | I will pay |
| tú | pagarás | you will pay |
| él / ella / usted | pagará | he/she will pay |
| nosotros / nosotras | pagaremos | we will pay |
| vosotros / vosotras | pagaréis | you all (vosotros) will pay |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | pagarán | they will pay |
| Person | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| yo | pagaría | I would pay |
| tú | pagarías | you would pay |
| él / ella / usted | pagaría | he/she would pay |
| nosotros / nosotras | pagaríamos | we would pay |
| vosotros / vosotras | pagaríais | you all (vosotros) would pay |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | pagarían | they would pay |
Pagar differs from the regular endings in the preterite. Changed forms include preterite: pagué. Highlighted forms include spelling changes that preserve pronunciation as well as irregular stems and endings.
The present forms are pago, pagas, paga, pagamos, pagáis, pagan, in the order yo, tú, él/ella/usted, nosotros, vosotros and ellos/ellas/ustedes.
pagué, pagaste, pagó, pagamos, pagasteis, pagaron. For example, pagué means “I paid”.
Pagar differs from the regular endings in the preterite. Changed forms include preterite: pagué. Highlighted forms include spelling changes that preserve pronunciation as well as irregular stems and endings.
The preterite (pagué) presents a completed event; the imperfect (pagaba) gives a past habit or background situation. The English glosses are “I paid” and “I used to pay”, but context determines the best translation.
The yo forms are pagaré (“I will pay”) and pagaría (“I would pay”). The full charts above include every person.
Pagar means to pay.
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