pago

See also: pagọ, Pago, pagó, pagò, and paĝo

Asturian

Verb

pago

1. first-person singular present indicative of pagar

Basque

Fagus sylvatica (Pago arrunta)

Alternative forms

• bago (Soule, Upper Navarre)

Etymology

Originally attested as bago, from Latin fāgus (“beech tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɡo/ [pa.ɣ̞o]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɡo, -o
• Hyphenation: pa‧go

Noun

pago inan

1. beech

Declension

Declension of pago (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	pago	pagoa	pagoak	pagook
ergative	pagok	pagoak	pagoek	pagook
dative	pagori	pagoari	pagoei	pagooi
genitive	pagoren	pagoaren	pagoen	pagoon
comitative	pagorekin	pagoarekin	pagoekin	pagookin
causative	pagorengatik	pagoarengatik	pagoengatik	pagoongatik
benefactive	pagorentzat	pagoarentzat	pagoentzat	pagoontzat
instrumental	pagoz	pagoaz	pagoez	pagootaz
innesive	pagotan	pagoan	pagoetan	pagootan
locative	pagotako	pagoko	pagoetako	pagootako
allative	pagotara	pagora	pagoetara	pagootara
terminative	pagotaraino	pagoraino	pagoetaraino	pagootaraino
directive	pagotarantz	pagorantz	pagoetarantz	pagootarantz
destinative	pagotarako	pagorako	pagoetarako	pagootarako
ablative	pagotatik	pagotik	pagoetatik	pagootatik
partitive	pagorik	—	—	—
prolative	pagotzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “pago”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “pago”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpa.ɣu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpa.ɣo]

Verb

pago

1. first-person singular present indicative of pagar

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish pago (“payment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɡo/, [ˈpa.ɡo]
• Hyphenation: pa‧go

Noun

pago

1. payment

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ-

Proto-Italic *pāks

Latin pax

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -o

Latin pācō

Latin pacāre

Italian *pacare

Italian pagareder.

▲

Latin pacō

Old Galician-Portuguese pagar

Portuguese pagarder.

▲

Latin pacāre

Old Spanish pagar

Spanish pagarder.

Esperanto pagi

Esperanto -o

Esperanto pago

From pagi +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɡo/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Syllabification: pa‧go

Noun

pago (accusative singular pagon, plural pagoj, accusative plural pagojn)

1. payment

   Synonym: pagado

Derived terms

• pagado
• pagebla
• pagi
• pagigi
• pagigo
• pagita

Galician

Etymology

Back-formation from pagar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɣo̝/

Noun

pago m (plural pagos)

1. payment

   Synonym: pagamento

Adjective

pago (feminine paga, masculine plural pagos, feminine plural pagas)

1. paid (having been paid for)
   • 1433, Á. Rodríguez González & J. Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 36:

     do dia que aqui chegar a XV dias sea descargado et pago de seu frete

     in 15 days since the day that it here arrives it must be unloaded and paid for its freight

Participle

pago (feminine paga, masculine plural pagos, feminine plural pagas)

1. (irregular) past participle of pagar

Verb

pago

1. inflection of pagar:
   1. short masculine singular past participle
   2. first-person singular present indicative

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “pago”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “pago”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pago”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pago”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pago”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto pago (“payment”), Spanish pago.

Noun

pago (plural pagi)

1. payment, settlement

Derived terms

• doganopago
• komisionopago
• pag-embargo
• pagofristo
• pagopekunio
• pagopromisilo
• portuopago

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Hyphenation: pà‧go

Etymology 1

From pagare (“to pay, reward”) +‎ -o (forms participles).

Adjective

pago (feminine paga, masculine plural paghi, feminine plural paghe)

1. (literary) contented

   Synonyms: appagato, contento, soddisfatto

   Antonyms: inappagato, insoddisfatto, scontento

Further reading

• pago¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin pāgus (“district”).

Noun

pago m (plural paghi)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) pagus (country district)
2. (archaic) rural town

Further reading

• pago² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

Deverbal from pagare +‎ -o.

Noun

pago m (plural paghi)

1. (archaic) pay, fee

   Synonym: pagamento

2. (archaic) price

   Synonym: prezzo

Further reading

• pago³ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pago

1. first-person singular present indicative of pagare

Anagrams

• poga

Kankanaey

Etymology 1

Borrowed either directly from Spanish pago or through Ilocano pago.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɡo/ [ˈpaː.ɡo]
• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Syllabification: pa‧go

Noun

págo

1. (gambling) stake

Derived terms

• napago

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈɡo/ [pʌˈɡo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: pa‧go

Noun

pagó

1. state of being knock-kneed

Derived terms

• napago

See also

• tokmo

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms & variants of pago

Northern / Applai
Mt. Province	Sagada	pago, (Pidlisan) pakho

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933), “pago”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[1], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 333

Kapampangan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈɡo/ [pəˈɡo]
• Hyphenation: pa‧go

Noun

pagó

1. (anatomy) shoulder

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pako.

Noun

pago

1. flight (the act of fleeing)

Latin

Noun

pāgō

1. dative/ablative singular of pāgus

References

• “pago”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "pago", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ɡu/ [ˈpa.ɣu]

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -aɡu
• Hyphenation: pa‧go

Etymology 1

From pagar (“to pay”).

Adjective

pago (feminine paga, masculine plural pagos, feminine plural pagas)

1. paid (having been paid for)

Participle

pago (short participle, feminine paga, masculine plural pagos, feminine plural pagas)

1. past participle of pagar

Etymology 2

Verb

pago

1. first-person singular present indicative of pagar

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish pago, from Latin pāgus (“district; village”).

Noun

pago m (plural pagos)

1. (Rio Grande do Sul) the place where one was born or grew up

   Synonyms: querência, rincão

Further reading

• “pago”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pago”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɡo/ [ˈpa.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Syllabification: pa‧go

Etymology 1

Deverbal from pagar.

Noun

pago m (plural pagos)

1. pay, payment

   método de pago ― payment method

Derived terms

• balanza de pagos
• muro de pago
• pospago
• suspensión de pagos

Verb

pago

1. first-person singular present indicative of pagar

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin pāgus (“countryside”). Doublet of país and distantly related to pagar, paz, and página.

Noun

pago m (plural pagos)

1. estate (of a vineyard or olive farm)

Further reading

• “pago”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pako.

Noun

pago

1. flight, escape

Inflection

Inflection of pago (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	pago
genitive sing.	pagon
partitive sing.	pagod
partitive plur.	pagoid
	singular	plural
nominative	pago	pagod
accusative	pagon	pagod
genitive	pagon	pagoiden
partitive	pagod	pagoid
essive-instructive	pagon	pagoin
translative	pagoks	pagoikš
inessive	pagos	pagoiš
elative	pagospäi	pagoišpäi
illative	pagoho	pagoihe
adessive	pagol	pagoil
ablative	pagolpäi	pagoilpäi
allative	pagole	pagoile
abessive	pagota	pagoita
comitative	pagonke	pagoidenke
prolative	pagodme	pagoidme
approximative I	pagonno	pagoidenno
approximative II	pagonnoks	pagoidennoks
egressive	pagonnopäi	pagoidennopäi
terminative I	pagohosai	pagoihesai
terminative II	pagolesai	pagoilesai
terminative III	pagossai	—
additive I	pagohopäi	pagoihepäi
additive II	pagolepäi	pagoilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “бегство, побег”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika