Traduction de payer
- [solder, régler] Conjugaison to paypayer sa dette à la société to pay one's debt to society(en usage absolu)payer comptant/à crédit to pay cash/by creditje paye par chèque/avec ma carte de crédit/en liquide I'll pay by cheque/with my credit card/(in) cashpayer d'avance to pay in advancec'est moi qui paie [l'addition] I'll pay, it's my treatc'est le prix à payer si tu veux réussir that's the price you have to pay for successpayer de ses deniers ou de sa poche to pay out of one's own pocketpayer rubis sur l'ongle to pay (cash) on the nail
- [rémunérer] Conjugaison to pay(en usage absolu)leur patron paie bien their boss pays welltu es pourtant payé pour le savoir ! you of all people should know that !
- [acheter - repas, voyage] Conjugaison to pay forpayer à boire à quelqu'un to buy somebody a drinkje lui ai payé un collier I bought her a necklacecombien as-tu payé ta maison ? how much did your house cost you ?, how much did you pay for your house ?je te paie le théâtre I'll take you out to the theatrecombien il t'a fait payer ? how much did he charge ?il me l'a fait payer trop cher he overcharged me
- [obtenir au prix d'un sacrifice] payer quelque chose de to pay for something withpayer sa réussite de sa santé to succeed at the expense ou the cost of one's healthelle me le paiera ! (figuré) she'll pay for this !c'est payer cher la réussite that's too high a price to pay for success
- [subir les conséquences de] Conjugaison to pay for (inseparable)(en usage absolu)vous êtes coupable, vous devez payer you're guilty, you're going to paypayer pour les autres to be punished for otherspayer les pots cassés to foot the bill (figuré)
- [dédommager] Conjugaison to compensate, Conjugaison to repayses félicitations me paient de mes efforts his congratulations repay me my effortspayer quelqu'un de belles paroles to fob somebody off with smooth talkpayer quelqu'un d'ingratitude to repay somebody with ingratitudepayer quelqu'un de retour to repay somebody in kind
- [acheter - criminel] Conjugaison to hire
- [compenser] Conjugaison to payla prime d'assurance ne paie pas complètement le remplacement de la voiture the insurance premium does not cover you for full reimbursement of the car
- [être soumis à - taxe] certaines marchandises paient un droit de douane you have to pay duty on some goods, some goods are liable to duty
- [être profitable] Conjugaison to payl'ostréiculture ne paie plus there's no money (to be made) in oyster farming nowadaysc'est un travail qui paie mal it's badly paid work, it's not a well paid jobl'honnêteté ne paie plus it doesn't pay to be honest any more
- (familier) [prêter à rire] to be ou to look a sighttu payes avec ces lunettes ! you do look a sight with those glasses on !
- (locution) payer d'audace to risk one's allne pas payer de mine : la maison ne paie pas de mine, mais elle est confortable the house isn't much to look at ou the house doesn't look much but it's very comfortablepayer de sa personne
- [s'exposer au danger] to put oneself on the line
- [se donner du mal] to put in a lot of effort
to have to be paid for
la qualité se paie you have to pay for quality
tout se paie everything has its price
- (familier) [s'offrir] to treat oneself toj'ai envie de me payer une robe I feel like treating myself to a dress ou like buying myself a dressse payer la tête de quelqu'un to make fun of somebodys'en payer (une tranche) to have (oneself) a great time
- (familier) [être chargé de] to be landed ou saddled withje me paie tout le boulot I end up doing all the work
- (familier) [recevoir] Conjugaison to get, Conjugaison to land (UK)je me suis payé un 2 à l'oral I got a 2 in the oral
- (familier) [supporter] Conjugaison to put up withon s'est payé leurs gosses pendant tout le week-end we had to put up with ou we were lumbered with their kids the whole weekend
- (familier) [percuter] Conjugaison to run ou to bump intoelle s'est payé le mur en reculant she backed into the wall
- (familier) [agresser] Conjugaison to go forcelui-là, à la prochaine réunion, je me le paie I'll have his guts for garters (UK) ou his head on a platter (US) at the next meeting
- (très familier) [avoir une relation sexuelle avec] Conjugaison to have (très familier), to have it off with (UK, très familier)