repay

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɻiˈpeɪ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪ

Verb

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

1. To pay back.

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

Translations

to pay back

• Arabic: جازى (ar) (jaaza)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賠 (cmn), 赔 (cmn) (péi), 報償 (cmn), 报偿 (cmn) (bàocháng), 償 (cmn), 偿 (cmn) (cháng), 償還 (cmn), 偿还 (cmn) (chánghuán)

• Dutch: terugbetalen
• Esperanto: repagi
• Finnish: maksaa takaisin (fi)
• French: repayer (fr)
• German: zurückzahlen (de)

• Greek:

  Ancient: τίνω

• Japanese: 払い戻す (ja) (はらいもどす, haraimodosu)
• Jèrriais: s'atchitter
• Korean: 갚다 gapda
• Old English: ġieldan (ang), forġieldan (ang)
• Quechua: hunt'apuy (qu)
• Russian: отплатить (ru) (otplatít')
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-dhìol (gd)

Anagrams

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• peary