le payer

pay for it

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phrase Common #7,271

pay for it In the expression « tu vas me le payer », it means that someone will pay for what they did, often as a threat of revenge. In other contexts, it can simply mean “pay it.”

FR: Tu as cassé mon téléphone. Tu vas me le payer !

EN: You broke my phone. You’ll pay for it!

Tu vas me le payer plus tard !

You'll pay for this later!

— Demon Slayer : Kimetsu no Yaiba - Le film : La Forteresse infinie (2025)

Brigand, tu vas me le payer !

You bandit, you'll pay for this!

— Guerre et Paix (1968)

Il ne manquera pas de le payer.

He will not fail to pay for it.

Vous allez me le payer.

You'll pay me for this.

— Le prisonnier du Caucase (1996)

Tu vas me le payer.

You'll pay for this.

— Hothead (1979)

Tu vas devoir me le payer, maintenant.

You're going to have to pay me for it now.

— Le Sifflet (2026)

Tu aurais dû le payer quand tu en avais l'occasion.

You should have paid him when you had the chance.

— La Guerre des étoiles (1977)

Vous allez le payer.

You will pay for it.

— Marty Supreme (2025)

Le général nous laisse le payer avec des serpents.

The general lets us pay him with snakes.

— White Snake (2019)

Je vais le payer.

I'll pay for it.

Ça, tu vas le payer !

You'll pay for that!

— Harry Potter et la Chambre des secrets (2002)

Je vais aller le payer.

I'm going to go pay him.

— Toni Erdmann (2016)

Comment vas-tu le payer ?

How are you going to pay for it?

— Un Soleil (2019)

Tu vas le payer toute ta vie.

You’ll pay for it all your life.

On doit pouvoir se le payer.

We should be able to afford it.

— La Vague (2008)

Vous allez me le payer, fils de pute !

You'll pay for this, you son of a bitch!

— Pixote, la loi du plus faible (1980)

Tu vas le payer.

You'll pay for it.

— Retour vers le futur (1985)

Ce fils de pute, il va me le payer !

That son of a bitch, he'll pay for this!

— Pixote, la loi du plus faible (1980)

Dans un magasin si vous cassez quelque chose vous devez le payer.

In a store if you break something you have to pay for it.

Tu vas nous le payer !

You're going to pay for this!

— Le Hobbit : Un voyage inattendu (2012)

Le payer ?

Pay him?

— Don Juan DeMarco (1994)

Tu es la seule à pouvoir le payer.

You're the only one who can pay for it.

— Avengers : Infinity War (2018)

L'un de vous va me le payer !

One of you is going to pay for this!

— Ménage (1986)

Mais c'est toi qui m'a demandé de le payer !

But you're the one who asked me to pay for it!

— मुन्ना भाई एम बी बी एस (2003)

Laisse-moi le payer.

Let me pay for it.

Il croit qu'on va le payer des milliards s'il nous y mène.

He thinks we’ll pay him billions if he takes us there.

— Idiocracy (2006)

Un jour, il va finir par le payer.

One day, he will end up paying for it.

— Le Sifflet (2026)

Tu aurais dû le payer à temps.

You should have paid it on time.

Je lui ai bien proposé de le payer en partie avec du poisson pour sa table.

I did offer to pay him partly with fish for his table.