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payer

to pay

verb peh-YEH Common

Also means

to treat (someone)

Usage Note

Payer undergoes a spelling variation: forms like il paie and il paye are both accepted in modern French. In informal speech, je te paie un verre means 'I'll buy you a drink.' The phrase payer les pots cassés (literally 'pay for the broken pots') means to bear the consequences, often for something beyond your control.

Examples

"Tu peux payer par carte?"

Natural Translation

Can you pay by card?

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