The Spanish verb pagar means "to pay". Below are its 8 tenses as tables, with the irregular forms marked, 4 example sentences and answers to 3 common questions. Press play next to a present tense form or an example to hear it.
The present tense of pagar is yo pago, tú pagas, él/ella/usted paga, nosotros pagamos, vosotros pagáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes pagan. It counts as a regular -ar verb, though 10 of its forms differ from the model pattern and are marked in the tables. The tables below cover 8 tenses, from the present to the present perfect.
Forms in orange break the regular -ar pattern.
| yo | pago | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | pagas | |
| él/ | paga | |
| nosotros | pagamos | |
| vosotros | pagáis | |
| ellos/ | pagan |
| yo | pagué (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tú | pagaste |
| él/ | pagó |
| nosotros | pagamos |
| vosotros | pagasteis |
| ellos/ | pagaron |
| yo | pagaba |
|---|---|
| tú | pagabas |
| él/ | pagaba |
| nosotros | pagábamos |
| vosotros | pagabais |
| ellos/ | pagaban |
| yo | pagaré |
|---|---|
| tú | pagarás |
| él/ | pagará |
| nosotros | pagaremos |
| vosotros | pagaréis |
| ellos/ | pagarán |
| yo | pagaría |
|---|---|
| tú | pagarías |
| él/ | pagaría |
| nosotros | pagaríamos |
| vosotros | pagaríais |
| ellos/ | pagarían |
| yo | pague (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tú | pagues (irregular) |
| él/ | pague (irregular) |
| nosotros | paguemos (irregular) |
| vosotros | paguéis (irregular) |
| ellos/ | paguen (irregular) |
| tú | paga |
|---|---|
| usted | pague (irregular) |
| nosotros | paguemos (irregular) |
| vosotros | pagad |
| ustedes | paguen (irregular) |
| yo | he pagado |
|---|---|
| tú | has pagado |
| él/ | ha pagado |
| nosotros | hemos pagado |
| vosotros | habéis pagado |
| ellos/ | han pagado |
Pagar is regular, with spelling changes only. The spelling changes appear in the preterite yo form pagué, all present subjunctive forms such as pague and paguemos, and formal imperative forms such as pague and paguen.
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Yes, pagar is regular, with spelling changes only.
The preterite yo form is pagué. The u preserves the hard g sound before é.
They are pague, pagues, pague, paguemos, paguéis, and paguen. These forms have a spelling change from pagar.