Verb Reference: bayad

The root bayad covers payment, being paid, and settling an obligation. Its common verb families divide the event in a way English pay does not make visible: magbayad selects the payer, bayaran selects the bill, debt, service, or person paid, and ibayad selects the money or item used as payment. The marker shifts follow the wider patient-voice system.

Bare bayad is also a noun or property predicate. Magkano ang bayad? asks the charge, while Bayad na ang upa says that the rent has been paid. Recognizing these nonverbal uses prevents learners from adding an unnecessary copula.

Core forms and functions

Family	Basic	Completed	Incompleted	Contemplated	Typical pivot
actor voice	magbayad	nagbayad	nagbabayad	magbabayad	payer
patient/undergoer or locative voice (-an family)	bayaran	binayaran	binabayaran	babayaran	obligation, purchase, service, or payee
benefactive/instrumental i- voice	ibayad	ibinayad	ibinabayad	ibabayad	money or item used as payment
instrumental voice	ipambayad	ipinambayad	ipinambabayad	ipambabayad	fund or resource used as the means of payment
potential/result patient/undergoer voice	mabayaran	nabayaran	nababayaran	mababayaran	obligation or payee successfully paid
causative actor voice	magpabayad	nagpabayad	nagpapabayad	magpapabayad	person or organization imposing or collecting a charge
causative patient/undergoer voice	pagbayarin	pinagbayad	pinagbabayad	pagbabayarin	person required or made to pay

The -an family is semantically broad. Bayaran ang kuryente selects an obligation; bayaran ang sapatos selects a purchase; bayaran ang tubero selects the person compensated. There is no single English object type that predicts all three, so learn established frames and collocations.

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Track the selected participant: nagbayad si Ana presents the payer, binayaran ni Ana ang upa presents the obligation, and ibinayad ni Ana ang deposito presents the money or asset used in payment.

Magbayad: the payer is the pivot

Actor-voice magbayad marks the payer with ang/si. The thing paid for or the amount paid commonly takes ng, while the recipient or payment destination takes sa/kay.

Nagbayad si Lira ng upa bago matapos ang buwan.

Lira paid the rent before the end of the month.

Nagbabayad ang mga pasahero sa konduktor bago bumaba.

The passengers pay the conductor before getting off.

Magbabayad ako ng walong daang piso sa klinika bukas.

I will pay eight hundred pesos to the clinic tomorrow.

An amount and an obligation can both occur, but crowded clauses are often made clearer by context or by choosing bayaran for the obligation. English speakers should not automatically translate pay for as magbayad para sa. In the ordinary payment frame, magbayad ng upa or bayaran ang upa is more direct; para sa instead highlights intended purpose or beneficiary.

Bayaran: select what or whom the payment settles

Bayaran presents the obligation, purchase, service, or payee as pivot. The payer takes an ng-series form. Context identifies whether an animate pivot is an employee, seller, service provider, or another recipient of money.

Binayaran ni Paolo ang tubig at kuryente sa bayaran ng munisipyo.

Paolo paid the water and electricity bills at the municipal payment counter.

Binabayaran ng tindahan ang mga tagapagtustos tuwing Biyernes.

The shop pays its suppliers every Friday.

Babayaran namin ang karpintero kapag natapos na ang mga estante.

We will pay the carpenter when the shelves are finished.

Here bayaran in sa bayaran is a noun meaning a place or counter for payment, while binayaran is a completed verb. This homography is ordinary and is resolved by syntax.

Potential/result mabayaran highlights successful settlement or capacity. Its completed form often carries a welcome-result nuance.

Sa wakas, nabayaran na nila ang huling hulog sa bahay.

At last, they have paid the final installment on the house.

Ibayad: select the payment medium

Ibayad selects the money, check, credit, or other asset transferred as payment. The obligation or recipient normally appears in a sa/kay phrase.

Ibinayad ni Cora sa matrikula ang perang naipon niya noong tag-init.

Cora used the money she saved during the summer to pay the tuition.

Huwag mong ibayad sa utang ang perang nakalaan sa pagkain.

Do not use the money set aside for food to pay the debt.

Ibabayad ko sa mekaniko ang kalahati ngayon at ang natitira bukas.

I will pay the mechanic half now and the rest tomorrow.

The last example selects ang kalahati as what will be paid. If the intended pivot were the mechanic, babayaran ko ang mekaniko would be the more direct frame.

Related ipambayad explicitly presents a fund, object, or resource as the means used for payment. It overlaps with ibayad, but it is especially natural for money set aside or identified for that purpose. Its pang- element surfaces as pam- before b, producing ipambayad, not ipangbayad.

Ito ang ipambabayad ko sa singil sa kuryente.

This is what I will use to pay the electricity bill.

Controlled comparison: payer and obligation

Nagbayad si Mila ng upa ngayong umaga.

Mila paid the rent this morning. (Mila is the payer pivot.)

Binayaran ni Mila ang upa ngayong umaga.

Mila paid the rent this morning. (The rent is the obligation pivot.)

Both are natural and can report the same transaction. The first is useful when continuing a story about Mila or contrasting who paid. The second keeps a specific obligation prominent. Si Mila changes to ni Mila, and ng upa changes to ang upa; this coordinated marker change is the voice contrast.

Magpabayad and pagbayarin: cause or require payment

Magpabayad selects the person or organization that imposes, requests, or collects a charge. It does not mean that the pivot pays: that is magbayad. Pagbayarin instead selects the person required to pay, while the causer takes an ng-series form.

Nagpabayad ang samahan ng limampung piso sa bawat kalahok para sa mga materyales.

The association charged each participant fifty pesos for the materials.

Pinagbabayad ng may-ari ang bawat nangungupahan ng limang daang piso para sa nasirang tarangkahan.

The owner is requiring each tenant to pay five hundred pesos for the damaged gate.

Completed pinagbayad reports one imposed payment, while incompleted pinagbabayad presents an ongoing or repeated requirement. These are established causative members of the bayad network, not meanings produced by translating English make word for word.

Bayad as a noun or property predicate

Bare bayad can mean fee, payment, compensation, or “paid.” It follows ordinary predicate-initial syntax without an equivalent of English is.

Magkano ang bayad sa bangka papunta sa kabilang pampang?

How much is the fare for the boat to the other bank?

Bayad na ang silid hanggang sa katapusan ng linggo.

The room is paid for through the end of the week.

Walang bayad means free of charge. In contrast, walang pambayad means someone has no money or means with which to pay.

Walang bayad ang pagsusuri para sa mga batang wala pang limang taon.

The screening is free for children under five years old.

Questions, negation, and connected use

Hindi pa binabayaran ng kompanya ang dagdag na oras ng mga kawani.

The company is not yet paying the employees' overtime.

—Nabayaran mo na ba ang singil sa tubig? —Hindi pa; babayaran ko iyon pagkauwi ko.

—Have you paid the water bill already? —Not yet; I will pay it when I get home.

The question uses result-oriented nabayaran to ask whether settlement was achieved. The answer uses contemplated babayaran because the bill is the selected obligation in a not-yet-begun event. Neither form is a person-marked tense.

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English pay permits “pay a bill,” “pay a person,” and “pay money” with the same verb shape. Filipino distributes these relations across magbayad, bayaran, and ibayad, so copy the marker frame together with the verb.

Common Mistakes

Translating English “pay for” word for word

❌ Nagbayad si Nina para sa upa kahapon.

Awkward for the ordinary obligation frame — para sa overemphasizes purpose instead of marking what was paid.

✅ Nagbayad si Nina ng upa kahapon.

Nina paid the rent yesterday.

Keeping the payer as pivot with binayaran

❌ Binayaran si Nina ang upa kahapon.

Incorrect — binayaran selects the obligation, so Nina takes ni.

✅ Binayaran ni Nina ang upa kahapon.

Nina paid the rent yesterday.

Using ibayad when the intended pivot is the debt

❌ Ibinayad ko ang utang bago bumiyahe.

Wrong for ‘I paid the debt’ — ibinayad selects what is used as payment, not the settled debt.

✅ Binayaran ko ang utang bago bumiyahe.

I paid the debt before traveling.

Adding an English-style copula to a paid-status predicate

❌ Ay bayad na ang tiket ko.

Unnatural as a neutral stand-alone clause — no copula is required before the property predicate.

✅ Bayad na ang tiket ko.

My ticket is paid for now.

Key Takeaways

Magbayad selects the payer; obligations and amounts commonly take ng.
Bayaran selects the obligation, purchase, service, or person paid.
Ibayad selects the money or asset used as payment.
Ipambayad foregrounds a fund or resource used as the means of payment.
Mabayaran/nabayaran often highlights capacity or successful settlement.
Magpabayad selects the charging party; pagbayarin selects the person required to pay.
Bare bayad can be a fee noun or a “paid” predicate, and walang bayad means free of charge.

Core forms and functions

Family	Basic	Completed	Incompleted	Contemplated	Typical pivot
actor voice	magbayad	nagbayad	nagbabayad	magbabayad	payer
patient/undergoer or locative voice (-an family)	bayaran	binayaran	binabayaran	babayaran	obligation, purchase, service, or payee
benefactive/instrumental i- voice	ibayad	ibinayad	ibinabayad	ibabayad	money or item used as payment
instrumental voice	ipambayad	ipinambayad	ipinambabayad	ipambabayad	fund or resource used as the means of payment
potential/result patient/undergoer voice	mabayaran	nabayaran	nababayaran	mababayaran	obligation or payee successfully paid
causative actor voice	magpabayad	nagpabayad	nagpapabayad	magpapabayad	person or organization imposing or collecting a charge
causative patient/undergoer voice	pagbayarin	pinagbayad	pinagbabayad	pagbabayarin	person required or made to pay

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Magbayad: the payer is the pivot

Actor-voice magbayad marks the payer with ang/si. The thing paid for or the amount paid commonly takes ng, while the recipient or payment destination takes sa/kay.

Nagbayad si Lira ng upa bago matapos ang buwan.

Lira paid the rent before the end of the month.

Nagbabayad ang mga pasahero sa konduktor bago bumaba.

The passengers pay the conductor before getting off.

Magbabayad ako ng walong daang piso sa klinika bukas.

I will pay eight hundred pesos to the clinic tomorrow.

Bayaran: select what or whom the payment settles

Binayaran ni Paolo ang tubig at kuryente sa bayaran ng munisipyo.

Paolo paid the water and electricity bills at the municipal payment counter.

Binabayaran ng tindahan ang mga tagapagtustos tuwing Biyernes.

The shop pays its suppliers every Friday.

Babayaran namin ang karpintero kapag natapos na ang mga estante.

We will pay the carpenter when the shelves are finished.

Here bayaran in sa bayaran is a noun meaning a place or counter for payment, while binayaran is a completed verb. This homography is ordinary and is resolved by syntax.

Potential/result mabayaran highlights successful settlement or capacity. Its completed form often carries a welcome-result nuance.

Sa wakas, nabayaran na nila ang huling hulog sa bahay.

At last, they have paid the final installment on the house.

Ibayad: select the payment medium

Ibayad selects the money, check, credit, or other asset transferred as payment. The obligation or recipient normally appears in a sa/kay phrase.

Ibinayad ni Cora sa matrikula ang perang naipon niya noong tag-init.

Cora used the money she saved during the summer to pay the tuition.

Huwag mong ibayad sa utang ang perang nakalaan sa pagkain.

Do not use the money set aside for food to pay the debt.

Ibabayad ko sa mekaniko ang kalahati ngayon at ang natitira bukas.

I will pay the mechanic half now and the rest tomorrow.

The last example selects ang kalahati as what will be paid. If the intended pivot were the mechanic, babayaran ko ang mekaniko would be the more direct frame.

Ito ang ipambabayad ko sa singil sa kuryente.

This is what I will use to pay the electricity bill.

Controlled comparison: payer and obligation

Nagbayad si Mila ng upa ngayong umaga.

Mila paid the rent this morning. (Mila is the payer pivot.)

Binayaran ni Mila ang upa ngayong umaga.

Mila paid the rent this morning. (The rent is the obligation pivot.)

Magpabayad and pagbayarin: cause or require payment

Nagpabayad ang samahan ng limampung piso sa bawat kalahok para sa mga materyales.

The association charged each participant fifty pesos for the materials.

Pinagbabayad ng may-ari ang bawat nangungupahan ng limang daang piso para sa nasirang tarangkahan.

The owner is requiring each tenant to pay five hundred pesos for the damaged gate.

Bayad as a noun or property predicate

Bare bayad can mean fee, payment, compensation, or “paid.” It follows ordinary predicate-initial syntax without an equivalent of English is.

Magkano ang bayad sa bangka papunta sa kabilang pampang?

How much is the fare for the boat to the other bank?

Bayad na ang silid hanggang sa katapusan ng linggo.

The room is paid for through the end of the week.

Walang bayad means free of charge. In contrast, walang pambayad means someone has no money or means with which to pay.

Walang bayad ang pagsusuri para sa mga batang wala pang limang taon.

The screening is free for children under five years old.

Questions, negation, and connected use

Hindi pa binabayaran ng kompanya ang dagdag na oras ng mga kawani.

The company is not yet paying the employees' overtime.

—Nabayaran mo na ba ang singil sa tubig? —Hindi pa; babayaran ko iyon pagkauwi ko.

—Have you paid the water bill already? —Not yet; I will pay it when I get home.

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Common Mistakes

Translating English “pay for” word for word

❌ Nagbayad si Nina para sa upa kahapon.

Awkward for the ordinary obligation frame — para sa overemphasizes purpose instead of marking what was paid.

✅ Nagbayad si Nina ng upa kahapon.

Nina paid the rent yesterday.

Keeping the payer as pivot with binayaran

❌ Binayaran si Nina ang upa kahapon.

Incorrect — binayaran selects the obligation, so Nina takes ni.

✅ Binayaran ni Nina ang upa kahapon.

Nina paid the rent yesterday.

Using ibayad when the intended pivot is the debt

❌ Ibinayad ko ang utang bago bumiyahe.

Wrong for ‘I paid the debt’ — ibinayad selects what is used as payment, not the settled debt.

✅ Binayaran ko ang utang bago bumiyahe.

I paid the debt before traveling.

Adding an English-style copula to a paid-status predicate

❌ Ay bayad na ang tiket ko.

Unnatural as a neutral stand-alone clause — no copula is required before the property predicate.

✅ Bayad na ang tiket ko.

My ticket is paid for now.

Key Takeaways

Magbayad selects the payer; obligations and amounts commonly take ng.
Bayaran selects the obligation, purchase, service, or person paid.
Ibayad selects the money or asset used as payment.
Ipambayad foregrounds a fund or resource used as the means of payment.
Mabayaran/nabayaran often highlights capacity or successful settlement.
Magpabayad selects the charging party; pagbayarin selects the person required to pay.
Bare bayad can be a fee noun or a “paid” predicate, and walang bayad means free of charge.

Core forms and functions

Magbayad: the payer is the pivot

Bayaran: select what or whom the payment settles

Ibayad: select the payment medium

Controlled comparison: payer and obligation

Magpabayad and pagbayarin: cause or require payment

Bayad as a noun or property predicate

Questions, negation, and connected use

Common Mistakes

Translating English “pay for” word for word

Keeping the payer as pivot with binayaran

Using ibayad when the intended pivot is the debt

Adding an English-style copula to a paid-status predicate

Key Takeaways

Related Topics

Verb Reference: bayad

Core forms and functions

Magbayad: the payer is the pivot

Bayaran: select what or whom the payment settles

Ibayad: select the payment medium

Controlled comparison: payer and obligation

Magpabayad and pagbayarin: cause or require payment

Bayad as a noun or property predicate

Questions, negation, and connected use

Common Mistakes

Translating English “pay for” word for word

Keeping the payer as pivot with binayaran

Using ibayad when the intended pivot is the debt

Adding an English-style copula to a paid-status predicate

Key Takeaways

Related Topics