paga

English translation: payment

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Spanish term or phrase:paga
English translation:payment
Entered by: eski

15:17 Feb 19, 2012
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Slang
Spanish term or phrase: paga
I have very little context for this, only that there's a Latin American usage of the word to mean "pago indebido en especies". It seems to me that it might be translated as "back-hander", "backsheesh", "pourboire", but I don't really know.

Also, does any know how widespread this usage is in Latin America?

Thanks in advance.
DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 13:33
payment
Explanation:
http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/paga

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www.websters-online-dictionary.org/Spanish/Payment
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English Translation: Payment ... English Translation: pago ... Consider also: paying (pagando, arreglase, cancelando), repayment (reembolso, pago, devolución) ...
payment - English Spanish Translationwww.dictionarist.com/english-spanish/paymentEn caché
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Translation of payment in English - Spanish dictionary with audio ... payment. s. pago, abono, giro, paga, retribución; recompensa, desagravio, remuneración ...

eski :))

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Hi DLyons;
I don't think the term "paga" is by any means limited to illegal payments, but it certainly could be used, for instance, to mean: "And now you're going to pay up".... (" Y ahora; me la pagas o me la pagas..." etc.)

Saludos,
eski :))

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es-es.facebook.com/pages/Ah...me...me-la-pagas/114132501948252En caché
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Ah siii!?... me la haces... me la pagas...! Me gusta. Automóviles. ¿Quieres hacer un comentario sobre esta página o hacer clic en "Me gusta"? Para comunicarte

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mamaquetrabaja.com/.../index.php?option...me-la-pagas...En caché
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Esta me la pagas!!! Lunes 19 de Abril de 2010 15:55 administrador. Correo electrónico Imprimir PDF. Un daño real o imaginario en algunas personas ...



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Many thanks to DLyons and to my peers for your confirmation.
eski :))
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eski
Mexico
Local time: 06:33
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Thanks once again eski.
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payment


Explanation:
http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/paga

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-02-19 16:37:01 GMT)
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www.websters-online-dictionary.org/Spanish/Payment
Haz hecho público que te gusta. Deshacer
English Translation: Payment ... English Translation: pago ... Consider also: paying (pagando, arreglase, cancelando), repayment (reembolso, pago, devolución) ...
payment - English Spanish Translationwww.dictionarist.com/english-spanish/paymentEn caché
Haz hecho público que te gusta. Deshacer
Translation of payment in English - Spanish dictionary with audio ... payment. s. pago, abono, giro, paga, retribución; recompensa, desagravio, remuneración ...

eski :))

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-02-19 17:03:23 GMT)
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Hi DLyons;
I don't think the term "paga" is by any means limited to illegal payments, but it certainly could be used, for instance, to mean: "And now you're going to pay up".... (" Y ahora; me la pagas o me la pagas..." etc.)

Saludos,
eski :))

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-02-19 17:04:18 GMT)
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es-es.facebook.com/pages/Ah...me...me-la-pagas/114132501948252En caché
Haz hecho público que te gusta. Deshacer
Ah siii!?... me la haces... me la pagas...! Me gusta. Automóviles. ¿Quieres hacer un comentario sobre esta página o hacer clic en "Me gusta"? Para comunicarte

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-02-19 17:05:40 GMT)
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mamaquetrabaja.com/.../index.php?option...me-la-pagas...En caché
Haz hecho público que te gusta. Deshacer
Esta me la pagas!!! Lunes 19 de Abril de 2010 15:55 administrador. Correo electrónico Imprimir PDF. Un daño real o imaginario en algunas personas ...



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Note added at 4 days (2012-02-23 20:37:49 GMT) Post-grading
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Many thanks to DLyons and to my peers for your confirmation.
eski :))

eski
Mexico
Local time: 06:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks once again eski.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks eski. Payment is certainly the general sense - but have you ever come across it in the sense of something underhand, perhaps even illegal (una mordida)?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rosa Paredes: Paga is simply payment. Saludos
2 hrs
  -> Hola Rosa: gracias y buen finde! eski :))

agree  Christine Walsh: Yes, you'd need a specific context to give it an illicit meaning. Have a great week!
20 hrs
  -> Totally agree: thanks Chris: U2! eski :))
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