English
Pronunciation
Verb
pay back third-person singular simple present pays back present participle paying back simple past and past participle paid back
( transitive ) repay
He paid her back with interest. He paid back all the money he owed her. ( figuratively ) revenge
He paid them back for their conniving.
Translations
to repay
Arabic: جَازَى ( jāzā )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 賠 ／ 赔 (zh) ( péi ) , 赔 (zh) ( péi ) , 報償 ／ 报偿 (zh) ( bàocháng ) , 报偿 (zh) ( bàocháng ) , 償 ／ 偿 (zh) ( cháng ) , 偿 (zh) ( cháng ) , 償還 ／ 偿还 (zh) ( chánghuán ) , 偿还 (zh) ( chánghuán )
Danish: tilbagebetale
Dutch: terugbetalen (nl)
Esperanto: repagi
Finnish: maksaa takaisin palauttaa (fi) , hyvittää (fi) , maksaa (fi)
French: rembourser (fr) , rendre (fr)
German: zurückzahlen (de)
Greek: εξοφλώ (el) ( exofló )
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Irish: aisíoc
Italian: ripagare (it) , restituire (it)
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Japanese: 払い戻す ( はらいもどす, haraimodosu )
Korean: 갚다 (ko) ( gapda )
Norman: s'atchitter
Old English: ġieldan forġieldan
Portuguese: devolver (pt)
Quechua: hunt'apuy
Russian: отплатить (ru) ( otplatitʹ ) , расплатиться (ru) ( rasplatitʹsja )
Scots: foryeild
Scottish Gaelic: ath-dhìol
Spanish: devolver (es)
Swahili: kulipa
Swedish: betala tillbaka betala tillbaks ( colloquial ) , betala bak ( colloquial )
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