noun of cat, lion grapa , arpa , pota large hand grapa , mà de ferro , manota transitive verb tocar amb la pota lion donar arpades colloquial touch tocar , potinejar , toquejar amorously palpar , grapejar stop pawing me treu-me les mans de damunt , estigues quiet amb les mans to paw the ground horses, bulls escarbar
noun in pawn com a penyora to leave something in pawn donar penyora , garantir the country is in pawn to foreigners el país es troba a mercè dels estrangers transitive verb empenyorar , pignorar , deixar com a garantia Vegeu també pawn 1
agents in the enemy's pay
agents al servei de l'enemic.
to (draw \ get) one's pay
cobrar.
the pay's not very good
no és gaire ben pagat.
it comes out of my pay
es descompta del meu sou.
to stop £1 out of someone's pay
retenir una lliura del sou d'algú.
we'll stop it out of your pay
li ho descontarem del seu sou.
transitiveverb[preterite & past participle paid]
pagar.
to pay someone £10
pagar 10 lliures a algú.
to pay money into an account
ingressar diners en un compte.
how much is there to pay?
quant cal pagar?
to (be \ get) paid on Fridays
cobrar els divendres (la setmanada).
when do you get paid?
quan cobres?
to pay cash (down)
pagar (al comptat \ bitllo-bitllo).
shares that pay 5 %
accions que rendeixen un 5 %.
the company paid 12 % last year
l'any passat la companyia va tenir un dividend del 12 %.
to pay someone to do a job
pagar algú perquè faci una feina.
I pay you to prevent such mistakes
li pago un sou per tal que impedeixi aquests errors.
a badly paid worker
un obrer mal pagat.
a badly paid job
una feina mal retribuïda.
[account, debt]
liquidar,
pagar,
satisfer.
[bill, duty, fee]
pagar,
abonar.
«paid»
[on bill]
«pagat».
[be profitable to]
ser útil,
compensar.
it wouldn't pay him to do it
no li sortiria a compte,
no li pagaria la pena fer-ho.
it doesn't pay you to be kind
no val la pena de ser amable.
but it paid him in the long run
a la llarga (el va compensar \ en va treure profit).
[attention]
parar,
posar (to a).
[homage]
retre,
rendir (to a).
[respects]
presentar.
[visit]
fer.
to pay away
pagar,
despendre.
to pay back
[money]
tornar,
restituir,
reintegrar,
reembossar.
(idem)
[person]
pagar.
to pay someone back (in his own coin)
pagar algú amb la mateixa moneda.
to pay down
[as cash]
pagar al comptat.
(idem)
[as deposit]
bestreure.
to pay foralso figurative
pagar per.
he paid £4 for it
ho va pagar a 4 lliures.
have those articles been paid for, Madam?
ja han estat pagats aquests articles,
senyora?
sometimes you have to pay dearly for mistakes
a vegades has de pagar cars els errors.
to pay in
ingressar,
fer un ingrés.
to pay in a cheque
ingressar un xec.
to pay off
[debt, etc.]
liquidar,
saldar.
(idem)
[mortgage, ]
amortitzar.
(idem)
[old scores]
passar comptes.
(idem)
[workmen]
pagar i acomiadar,
despatxar.
all his debts have been paid off
tots els seus deutes han estat liquidats.
they were paid off at the end of the trip
van ser despatxats a la fi del viatge.
to pay out
[money]
pagar,
desembutxacar.
(idem)
[rope]
amollar.
an awful lot of money gets paid out to these people
un bon grapat de cèntims fa cap a aquesta gent.
to pay someone out
pagar algú amb la mateixa moneda.
I'll pay you out for this!
me la pagaràs!
someone will try to pay you out if you trample too much on the feelings of others
algú t'aclarirà els comptes si jugues gaire amb els sentiments d'altri.
to pay over
pagar,
lliurar,
fer a mans.
intransitiveverb
pagar a.
who pays?
qui paga?
to pay on account
pagar a la bestreta.
to pay in advance
pagar per endavant.
to pay in full
pagar (del tot \ íntegrament).
to pay in instalments
pagar a terminis.
«please pay at the door»
«pagueu a l'entrada,
si us plau».
[be profitable]
rendir tr,
donar tr,
ser profitós.
it's a business that pays
és un negoci rendible.
it's paying at last
rendeix a la fi.
it pays to be courteous
paga la pena ser cortès.
it doesn't pay to paint it
val més no pintar-ho.
it pays to advertise
compensa fer-ne publicitat.
to pay for something
pagar alguna cosa.
he paid for it
ho va pagar ell.
they made him pay dearly for it
li ho van fer pagar car.
he paid for it up to the hilt
va pagar-ho tot fins a les últimes conseqüències.
she paid for it with her life
va pagar-ho amb la vida.
they paid for her education
van pagar-li els estudis.
I'll make you pay for this!
me la pagaràs
he invites people out and pays for them
convida la gent i paga ell.
they paid for her to go
van pagar perquè hi anés.
to pay in
ingressar tr,
pagar tr.
he was paying in for twenty years
de vint anys ençà havia estat pagant contribució.
to pay off
reeixir,
resultar,
fer fortuna.
the ruse paid off
l'estratagema va reeixir.
it has paid off many times over
ja ha resultat bé moltes vegades.
to pay out
pagar tr,
abonar tr.
to pay out on a policy
pagar una pòlissa.
we can't pay out more than we receive
no podem abonar més del que rebem.
to pay up
pagar (el que es deu).
I must pay up, and without argument or comment
he de pagar (tant si m'agrada com si no \ sense dir ni piu).
noun paga , pagament , remuneració , gratificació of worker sou , salari , soldada of day labourer jornal of professional man honoraris equal pay igualtat de salaris extra pay paga extra , sobresou , sobrepaga , plus retirement pay jubilació idem Military retir to be in someone's pay treballar per a algú agents in the enemy's pay agents al servei de l'enemic to draw \ get one's pay cobrar the pay's not very good no és gaire ben pagat it comes out of my pay es descompta del meu sou to stop £1 out of someone's pay retenir una lliura del sou d'algú we'll stop it out of your…