Verbo pay en inglés: conjugación completa
Diego De La Croix
Profesor bilingüe francés-español
El verbo inglés to pay significa «pagar» en español. Es un verbo irregular, lo que significa que sus formas de pasado simple y participio pasado no siguen la regla estándar de añadir -ed y deben memorizarse.
Conjugación de pay en indicativo
Present simple (presente simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | pay |
| you | pay |
| he/she/it | pays |
| we | pay |
| they | pay |
Present continuous (presente continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | am paying |
| you | are paying |
| he/she/it | is paying |
| we | are paying |
| they | are paying |
Present perfect (pretérito perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | have paid |
| you | have paid |
| he/she/it | has paid |
| we | have paid |
| they | have paid |
Past simple (pasado simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | paid |
| you | paid |
| he/she/it | paid |
| we | paid |
| they | paid |
Past continuous (pasado continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | was paying |
| you | were paying |
| he/she/it | was paying |
| we | were paying |
| they | were paying |
Past perfect (pluscuamperfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | had paid |
| you | had paid |
| he/she/it | had paid |
| we | had paid |
| they | had paid |
Future simple (futuro simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will pay |
| you | will pay |
| he/she/it | will pay |
| we | will pay |
| they | will pay |
Future perfect (futuro perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will have paid |
| you | will have paid |
| he/she/it | will have paid |
| we | will have paid |
| they | will have paid |
Conjugación de pay en condicional
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would pay |
| you | would pay |
| he/she/it | would pay |
| we | would pay |
| they | would pay |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would have paid |
| you | would have paid |
| he/she/it | would have paid |
| we | would have paid |
| they | would have paid |
Conjugación de pay en imperativo
Conjugación de pay en participio
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | paying |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | paid |
Ejemplos
I pay every day.
Yo pago todos los días.
He pays regularly.
Él paga regularmente.
We pay together.
Nosotros pagamos juntos.
I paid yesterday.
Yo pagé ayer.
I have paid.
Yo he pagado.
I will pay tomorrow.
Yo pagaré mañana.
I am paying right now.
Yo estoy pagando ahora mismo.
I like to pay.
Me gusta pagar.
You should pay more often.
Deberías pagar más a menudo.
Can you pay?
¿Puedes pagar?
Errores frecuentes
Olvidar la -s de la tercera persona: He pay en vez de He pays
Correcto: He/She/It pays
En el present simple, la tercera persona del singular (he/she/it) siempre añade -s o -es al verbo. Es el error más frecuente entre hispanohablantes.
Regularizar el pasado: payed en vez de paid
Correcto: Past simple: paid — Past participle: paid
«pay» es irregular: sus formas de pasado no siguen la regla estándar de añadir -ed. Deben aprenderse de memoria.
Formar preguntas sin do/does: You pay? en vez de Do you pay?
Correcto: Do you pay? / Does he/she pay?
En español, la pregunta se forma con la entonación. En inglés, el present simple y past simple necesitan el auxiliar do/does/did para preguntas y negaciones.
Confundir present simple con present continuous: I pay vs I am paying
Correcto: Hábito/general → I pay | Ahora mismo → I am paying
El present simple se usa para hábitos y verdades generales, mientras que el present continuous se usa para acciones en progreso. En español a menudo se usa el mismo tiempo para ambos.
Sinónimos
Antónimos
Comparación inglés / español
| Aspecto | Inglés | Español |
|---|---|---|
| Present simple | I pay | yo pago |
| Present simple (3rd person) | he/she pays | él/ella paga |
| Present continuous | I am paying | yo estoy pagando |
| Past simple | I paid | yo pagé |
| Present perfect | I have paid | yo he pagado |
| Future simple | I will pay | yo pagaré |
| Negative | I don't pay | yo no pago |
| Question | Do you pay? | ¿tú pagas? |