repay

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiˈpeɪ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪ

Verb

repay (third-person singular simple present repays, present participle repaying, simple past and past participle repaid)

1. To pay back.

   I finally repaid my student loans, just before sending my kids to college.

Translations

to pay back

• Arabic: جازى (jaaza)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賠 (zh), 赔 (zh) (péi), 報償 (zh), 报偿 (zh) (bàocháng), 償 (zh), 偿 (zh) (cháng), 償還 (zh), 偿还 (zh) (chánghuán)

• Dutch: terugbetalen (nl)
• Esperanto: repagi
• Finnish: maksaa takaisin
• French: repayer (fr)
• German: zurückzahlen
• Greek:

  Ancient: τίνω (tinō)

• Italian: ripagare, restituire (it)
• Japanese: 払い戻す (はらいもどす, haraimodosu)
• Jèrriais: s'atchitter
• Korean: 갚다 gapda
• Old English: ġieldan, forġieldan
• Portuguese: quitar (pt)
• Quechua: hunt'apuy
• Russian: отплатить (ru) (otplatít')
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-dhìol

Anagrams

• payer
• peary