pagante

pagante

1. present adverbial active participle of pagi

• IPA^(key): /paˈɡan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: pa‧gàn‧te

pagante m or f by sense (plural paganti)

1. present participle of pagare

pagante m or f by sense (plural paganti)

1. paying (describing the one who pays)
2. that pays well; profitable
   • 2020 September 7, Roberto Nepoti, “Box office Italia: 'Tenet' e 'After 2' dominano, ma dietro c'è il vuoto [Italy Box Office: 'Tenet' and 'After 2' dominate, but there's a void behind them]”, in la Repubblica‎^[1]:

     Suscitando commenti anche severi, la Disney ha deciso di non partecipare al tentativo di "rinascimento" delle sale, ma di distribuire il blockbuster direttamente sulla sua piattaforma (al costo, non economiche, di euro 21,99 più abbonamento per vederlo in anteprima). Secondo i primi commenti non pare sia stata una mossa pagante.

     Inviting even severe comments, Disney has decided not to participate in the "renaissance" attempt of theaters, but to distribute the blockbuster directly on its platform (at a cost, not cheap, of 21.99 euro plus subscription to preview it). According to the first comments it does not seem to have been a profitable move.

pagante m or f by sense (plural paganti)

1. paying spectator/customer
   • 2006, Caparezza, “Dalla parte del toro [On the bull's side]”, in Habemus Capa:

     Senti i paganti sugli spalti? In tanti, sono dalla parte del toro.

     Do you hear the paying spectators in the stands? Many are on the bull's side.

     (literally, “Hear the paying on the stands? In many, they are on the side of the bull.”)

• Petagna

From pagar +‎ -ante.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: pa‧gan‧te

pagante m or f by sense (plural pagantes)

1. payer (one who pays)

   Synonym: pagador

pagante m or f (plural pagantes)

1. paying (who pays)

   Synonym: pagador

• “pagante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pagante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /paˈɡante/ [paˈɣ̞ãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: pa‧gan‧te

pagante m or f (masculine and feminine plural pagantes)

1. paying

pagante m or f by sense (plural pagantes)

1. payer

• “pagante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025