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payer

Pronunciation: /peje/

English translation of payer

A. vtr

1 to pay; to pay for il est payé pour le savoir! = he knows that to his cost! faire payer qch à qn = to charge sb for sth payer qch à qn (fam) = to buy sb sth Definition of pay in the British & World English dictionary Definition of pay in the US English dictionary Translate pay | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

2 to pay for [mistake, carelessness] Definition of pay for in the US English dictionary Translate pay for | into Italian

B. vi

1 [efforts, sacrifice] to pay off; [profession, activity] to pay Definition of pay off in the British & World English dictionary Definition of pay off in the US English dictionary Translate pay off | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

2 (fam) to be funny

C. v refl (+ v être) (se payer)

1 [service, goods] to have to be paid for

2 (fam) to treat oneself to [holiday]; to get [cold, bad mark]; to get landed with [job] se payer un arbre = to crash into a tree Definition of get in the British & World English dictionary Definition of get in the US English dictionary Translate get | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

Idioms

se payer du bon temps: (fam) to have a good time
se payer la tête de qn: (fam) to take the mickey out of sb (GB) (colloq) to razz sb (US) (colloq)

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