Pagar Conjugation: all tenses with charts
pagar — to pay
Present tense
pago, pagas, paga, pagamos, pagáis, pagan
Participle pagado · gerund pagando
pagar — present
presente · What is true now, what happens regularly, and settled plans.
| yo | pago |
| tú | pagas |
| él / ella / usted | paga |
| nosotros | pagamos |
| vosotros | pagáis |
| ellos / ustedes | pagan |
pagar — preterite
pretérito indefinido · A finished event that moves the story forward.
| yo | pagué |
| tú | pagaste |
| él / ella / usted | pagó |
| nosotros | pagamos |
| vosotros | pagasteis |
| ellos / ustedes | pagaron |
pagar — imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · Habits, background and description in the past.
| yo | pagaba |
| tú | pagabas |
| él / ella / usted | pagaba |
| nosotros | pagábamos |
| vosotros | pagabais |
| ellos / ustedes | pagaban |
pagar — future
futuro simple · What will happen — and guesses about what is happening now.
| yo | pagaré |
| tú | pagarás |
| él / ella / usted | pagará |
| nosotros | pagaremos |
| vosotros | pagaréis |
| ellos / ustedes | pagarán |
pagar — conditional
condicional simple · Would: polite requests and unreal situations.
| yo | pagaría |
| tú | pagarías |
| él / ella / usted | pagaría |
| nosotros | pagaríamos |
| vosotros | pagaríais |
| ellos / ustedes | pagarían |
pagar — present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · After wish, doubt, emotion and necessity.
| yo | pague |
| tú | pagues |
| él / ella / usted | pague |
| nosotros | paguemos |
| vosotros | paguéis |
| ellos / ustedes | paguen |
pagar — imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · Past-tense triggers and si clauses about the unreal.
| yo | pagara |
| tú | pagaras |
| él / ella / usted | pagara |
| nosotros | pagáramos |
| vosotros | pagarais |
| ellos / ustedes | pagaran |
The -se forms mean exactly the same: pagase, pagases, pagase…
pagar — commands
imperativo · the negative forms come from the subjunctive, which is why they never match the affirmative ones.
| Person | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| tú | paga | no pagues |
| él / ella / usted | pague | no pague |
| nosotros | paguemos | no paguemos |
| vosotros | pagad | no paguéis |
| ellos / ustedes | paguen | no paguen |
pagar — compound tenses
All of them are haber plus the participle pagado — learn haber once and every compound tense comes free.
| Present perfect | he pagado |
| Past perfect | había pagado |
| Future perfect | habré pagado |
| Conditional perfect | habría pagado |
| Present perfect subjunctive | haya pagado |
| Pluperfect subjunctive | hubiera pagado |
Conjugate it yourself
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pagar — yo · present
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