Noun: pagafantes
Gender: mf
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | pagafantes |
| Singular f | pagafantes |
| Plural m | pagafantesos |
| Plural f | pagafantesos |
Sample Sentences
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Un pagafantes és el típic balòstia que, pensant que pot traure’n un benefici amatori, convida a Fantes o cubates als seus ligues....El País Valencià també és pagafantes amb la gent que ve a visitar la nostra terra. (A nice guy is the typical wimp who, thinking to get some kind of romantic benefit, treats their pals to Fantas or Cuba libres....The Valencian Community is also a nice guy to the people who come to visit our land.) [2022 February 9, Vincent Pons, “Pagafantes”, in Nosaltres La Veu:]
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of paga (“to pay”) + fantes (“Fantas”). Calque of Spanish pagafantas. Popularized in a 2009 film of the same name. See: Spanish Nouns '
pagafantas'.
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