🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

pagar demais

Pronunciation / Transliteration: paˈɡar dʒiˈmɐjʃ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Overpay/ˌoʊ.vɚˈpeɪ/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ninguém gosta de pagar demais por um produto de baixa qualidade."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To pay too much money for goods, services, or work performed.

    "Many collectors overpay for rare items because of emotional attachment."
  2. 2

    To pay someone a higher salary or wage than they deserve or than is standard.

    "The company was criticized for continuing to overpay its executives despite poor financial results."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the Old English prefix 'ofer-' (meaning over, beyond, or excessive) and the verb 'pay', which traces back via Old French 'paier' to the Latin 'pacare' (to appease, pacify, or satisfy a debt). First recorded in the late 16th century, the term originally referred to giving more than is due or paying a higher price than necessary.

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