How to Say ‘Have you already paid the fee?’ in Mexican Spanish
¿Ya pagó el trámite?
yah pah-GOH el TRAH-mee-teh
[yah pah-GOH el TRAH-mee-teh]
🇲🇽 In Mexico: The INM fee is normally paid at a bank before your visit, not at the office itself. Bring the stamped receipt with you.
Phrase Breakdown
¿Ya pagó
yah pah-GOH
Did you already pay
'Ya' means 'already'. 'Pagó' is the formal 'you paid', stressed at the end: yah pah-GOH. Raise your tone for the question.
¿Ya pagó la cuenta?
Did you already pay the bill?
Words in this phrase
Ya
[yah]
Already
'Ya' is an adverb expressing that something has occurred already or yet.
Ya terminé mis tareas.
I have already finished my homework.
pagó
[pah-GOH]
you paid (formal)
Past tense of 'pagar' for usted or he/she.
¿Cuánto pagó por el boleto?
How much did you pay for the ticket?
el trámite?
el TRAH-mee-teh
the procedure (fee)?
'Trámite' means an official procedure or paperwork. The stress falls on the first syllable: el TRAH-mee-teh.
El trámite tarda un mes.
The procedure takes a month.
Words in this phrase
el
[el]
the
Masculine singular definite article.
«El» acompaña al sustantivo en «El crecimiento».
“El” accompanies the noun in “The growth.”
trámite
[TRAH-mee-teh]
procedure / paperwork
An official bureaucratic process or application.
El trámite tarda un mes.
The procedure takes a month.
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