repay

English

Etymology

From Old French repaier (“to pay back”) (compare French repayer (“to pay again”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹiˈpeɪ/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪ

Verb

repay (third-person singular simple present repays, present participle repaying, simple past and past participle repaid)

To pay back.
I finally repaid my student loans, just before sending my kids to college.

Translations

to pay back

Arabic: جَازَى‎‎ (jāzā)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 賠 (zh), 赔 (zh) (péi), 報償 (zh), 报偿 (zh) (bàocháng), 償 (zh), 偿 (zh) (cháng), 償還 (zh), 偿还 (zh) (chánghuán)
Dutch: terugbetalen (nl)
Esperanto: repagi
Finnish: maksaa takaisin
French: rembourser (fr), rendre (fr)
German: zurückzahlen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: τίνω (tínō)
Irish: aisíoc
Italian: ripagare (it), restituire (it)

Japanese: 払い戻す (はらいもどす, haraimodosu)
Korean: 갚다 (ko) (gapda)
Norman: s'atchitter
Old English: ġieldan, forġieldan
Portuguese: quitar (pt)
Quechua: hunt'apuy
Russian: отплати́ть (ru) (otplatítʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: ath-dhìol
Spanish: devolver (es)
Swahili: kulipa
Westrobothnian: villgo

Anagrams

Payer, apery, payer, peary, praye, rapey

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