Pagar conjugation chart
Pagar present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I pay | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you pay | |
| vos | you pay | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she pays | |
| nosotros | we pay | |
| vosotros | you all pay | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they pay |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Pagar preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I paid | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you paid | |
| vos | you paid | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she paid | |
| nosotros | we paid | |
| vosotros | you all paid | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they paid |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Pagar imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to pay | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to pay | |
| vos | you used to pay | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to pay | |
| nosotros | we used to pay | |
| vosotros | you all used to pay | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to pay |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Pagar future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will pay | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will pay | |
| vos | you will pay | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will pay | |
| nosotros | we will pay | |
| vosotros | you all will pay | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will pay |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Pagar conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would pay | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would pay | |
| vos | you would pay | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would pay | |
| nosotros | we would pay | |
| vosotros | you all would pay | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would pay |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Pagar present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I pay | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you pay | |
| vos | that you pay | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she pay | |
| nosotros | that we pay | |
| vosotros | that you all pay | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they pay |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Pagar imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I paid | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you paid | |
| vos | if you paid | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she paid | |
| nosotros | if we paid | |
| vosotros | if you all paid | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they paid |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (pagase), more common in writing.
Pagar affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | pay! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | pay! | |
| usted | pay! | |
| nosotros | let's pay! | |
| vosotros | pay! | |
| ustedes | pay! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: paga. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (pague, paguemos, paguen).
Pagar negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't pay! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't pay! | |
| usted | don't pay! | |
| nosotros | let's not pay! | |
| vosotros | don't pay! | |
| ustedes | don't pay! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + pagues, pague…
Always the verb haber + the past participle pagado, which never changes.
Pagar present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he pagado |
|---|---|
| tú | has pagado |
| vos | has pagado |
| él, ella, usted | ha pagado |
| nosotros | hemos pagado |
| vosotros | habéis pagado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han pagado |
Pagar pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había pagado |
|---|---|
| tú | habías pagado |
| vos | habías pagado |
| él, ella, usted | había pagado |
| nosotros | habíamos pagado |
| vosotros | habíais pagado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían pagado |
Pagar future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré pagado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás pagado |
| vos | habrás pagado |
| él, ella, usted | habrá pagado |
| nosotros | habremos pagado |
| vosotros | habréis pagado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán pagado |
Pagar conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría pagado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías pagado |
| vos | habrías pagado |
| él, ella, usted | habría pagado |
| nosotros | habríamos pagado |
| vosotros | habríais pagado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían pagado |
Pagar present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya pagado |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas pagado |
| vos | hayas pagado |
| él, ella, usted | haya pagado |
| nosotros | hayamos pagado |
| vosotros | hayáis pagado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan pagado |
In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.
Watch out
In the preterite yo form you add a u: pagué. And “to pay for” is just pagar: pagué la cena (I paid for dinner).
Examples with pagar
Pagué la cuenta.
I paid the check.
¿Pagamos con tarjeta?
Shall we pay by card?
¿Cuánto pagaste?
How much did you pay?
Practice pagar
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