to repay

estamos pagando la hipoteca del piso — we're paying off o repaying the mortgage on the flat

• cantidad a pagar — amount payable

a pagar en destino — (Correos) postage due

• pagar algo con tarjeta de crédito — to pay for sth by credit card

• pagar algo al contado o en efectivo o en metálico — to pay cash for sth, pay for sth in cash

• pagar algo a plazos — to pay for sth in instalments o (EEUU) installments

• pagar algo por — to pay sth for

¡las vas a pagar! — you've got it coming to you! *, you'll pay for this!

me las vas a pagar! or ya me las pagarás! — you'll pay for this!

pagarle a alguien con la misma moneda — to pay somebody back in their own coin o in kind

me las vas a pagar! or ya me las pagarás! — you'll pay for this!

pagarle a alguien con la misma moneda — to pay somebody back in their own coin o in kind

Ex: I am also committed, however -- and this is what our taxpayers are paying us for -- to serving our library users, the people who are paying our salaries.

el honor de representar a su país correspondió a Juan Blanco — the honour of representing his country fell to o went to Juan Blanco

corresponder a algn — [responsabilidad] to fall to sb

corresponder a algo: de los 50 millones de ganancias, 40 corresponden a ventas en el extranjero — out of profits of 50 million, 40 million comes from overseas sales o overseas sales account for 40 million

corresponder a o con — to match with, match up with

su versión de los hechos no corresponde a la realidad — her version of the events does not match up with o correspond to o tally with the truth

corresponder a — [+ cariño, amor] to return; [+ favor, generosidad] to repay, return

ella lo amaba, pero él no le correspondía — she loved him but he did not return her love o love her back o love her in return

nunca podré corresponder a tanta generosidad — I can never adequately repay o return such generosity

a quien corresponda — (Corresp) to whom it may concern

te disculpas, como corresponde — apologize, you know you should o (frml) as is right and proper

esto aquí no corresponde — this doesn't belong o go here

corresponder a algo: su aspecto correspondía a la descripción his appearance fitted o matched the description; la leyenda no corresponde a la fotografía — the caption doesn't belong with o match this photograph

corresponderse con algo — <con los hechos/con la declaración> to square o tally with something

a quien corresponda — (Corresp) to whom it may concern

te disculpas, como corresponde — apologize, you know you should o (frml) as is right and proper

esto aquí no corresponde — this doesn't belong o go here

corresponder a algo: su aspecto correspondía a la descripción his appearance fitted o matched the description; la leyenda no corresponde a la fotografía — the caption doesn't belong with o match this photograph

corresponderse con algo — <con los hechos/con la declaración> to square o tally with something

Ex: Especially if the new subject is one which upsets the previous structure of relationships, it will be difficult to fit into the existing order.

Ex: LC will supply computer services and staff from the MARC Development and Information Systems Offices, all to be reimbursed by RLG.

Ex: This section considers the relevance of the calculation method used for the 'years to amortize the system'.

tenía mucha pena después de la muerte de su hijo — she grieved a lot o was extremely upset after her son's death

• alma en pena — lost soul

• dar pena, da pena verlos sufrir así — it's sad to see them suffer like that

me daba pena dejar España — I was sad o sorry to leave Spain

• morir de (la) pena — to die of a broken heart

¿no podéis venir? ¡qué pena! — you can't come? what a shame o a pity!

¡es una pena que no tengamos más tiempo! — it's a shame o a pity that we haven't got more time!, it's too bad we haven't got more time! (EEUU)

mi habitación está que da pena verla — my room is in a terrible state *

• de pena, la economía va de pena — the economy is in a terrible state

• estar hecho una pena — to be in a sorry state

• ahorrarse la pena — to save o.s. the trouble, save o.s. the bother *

• merecer o valer la pena — to be worth

• bajo o so pena de — [+ castigo, multa, prisión] on o under penalty of

bajo pena de muerte — on pain of death, on o under penalty of death

tiene prohibido hacerlo, so pena de ser expulsado — he is forbidden to do it, on o under penalty of expulsion

pena máxima — maximum sentence; (Ftbl) penalty

sentir o tener pena — to be o feel embarrassed, be o feel ill at ease

tenía/sentía mucha pena — he was o felt very sad

me da pena verlo — it upsets me o it makes me sad to see it

qué pena! — what a pity o shame!

de pena — (Esp) terrible

estar hecho una pena — to be in a sorry o terrible state

vale or merece la pena — it's worth it

no vale la pena intentar convencerlo — there's no point o it's not worth trying to persuade him

me contó sus penas — he told me his troubles o (liter or hum) woes

a duras penas — ( apenas) hardly; ( con dificultad) with difficulty

bajo or so pena de — (frml) on pain of (frml)

quitado de la pena — (Méx) blithely, gaily

tenía/sentía mucha pena — he was o felt very sad

me da pena verlo — it upsets me o it makes me sad to see it

qué pena! — what a pity o shame!

de pena — (Esp) terrible

estar hecho una pena — to be in a sorry o terrible state

vale or merece la pena — it's worth it

no vale la pena intentar convencerlo — there's no point o it's not worth trying to persuade him

me contó sus penas — he told me his troubles o (liter or hum) woes

a duras penas — ( apenas) hardly; ( con dificultad) with difficulty

bajo or so pena de — (frml) on pain of (frml)

quitado de la pena — (Méx) blithely, gaily

Ex: 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.

le ponen luz artificial para compensar la falta de sol — they put in artificial lighting to compensate for o make up for the lack of sunlight

te compensa hacerlo — it's worth you doing it, it's worth your while doing it o to do it

se compensa con una rebaja en los impuestos — it is offset by o compensated for by tax cuts

se compensa con una rebaja en los impuestos — it is offset by o compensated for by tax cuts

Ex: Whatever the immediate difficulties may be, they will be more than compensated for by the long-term benefits of automated bibliographic control.

reintegrar a algn una cantidad — to refund o pay back a sum to sb

reintegrar a alguien A or EN algo: la reintegraron a or en su puesto she was reinstated in her post; reintegrar a un paciente a or en la comunidad — to reintegrate a patient into the community

reintegrar a alguien A or EN algo: la reintegraron a or en su puesto she was reinstated in her post; reintegrar a un paciente a or en la comunidad — to reintegrate a patient into the community

Ex: This article suggests that much of the time and money that has been devoted to user education should be invested instead in reintegrating information skills with the curriculum.