Word
Pagué la cuenta del restaurante.
Meaning
I paid the restaurant bill.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Pagué la cuenta del restaurante.
de
from / of
el restaurante
restaurant
pagar
to pay
la cuenta
the bill
Questions & Answers about Pagué la cuenta del restaurante.
Why is "I paid" spelled pagué with a "u" instead of just "pagé"?
Do I need to say yo pagué instead of just pagué?
No, it is not necessary. In Spanish, the verb ending -é in this tense already tells us that "I" did the action. You only need to include yo if you want to emphasize that you paid instead of someone else at the table.
Does cuenta always mean a restaurant bill?
La cuenta is the most common word for the check or bill at a restaurant, but it has a few other meanings. For example, it is also the word for a bank account (una cuenta bancaria) or a mathematical count.
Why is it del restaurante instead of de el restaurante?
In Spanish, whenever the word de (of/from) is followed immediately by the masculine word el (the), they must combine to form the contraction del. Because restaurante is a masculine noun, "of the restaurant" becomes del restaurante.