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pago de servicios

English translation: pay bills / bills payment

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Spanish term or phrase:pago de servicios
English translation:pay bills / bills payment
Entered by: Robert Carter

18:15 Dec 4, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Finance (general)
Spanish term or phrase: pago de servicios
Estimados:
La frase aparece en una app de un banco en donde dice que se pueden abonar los servicios desde el esta aplicaciòn. Solo dice: "pago de servicios". ¿"Public services" aplicaría al pago de luz, gas, etc?. Desde ya, muchas gracias!!
MCLANG
pay [utility] bills / bills payment
Explanation:
I'm doubtful that we use "services" in English to say this, isn't it more normal to say "bills"?

To be specific you could say "pay utility bills", but simply "pay bills" or "pay your bills" would do in my opinion.
Presumably, this is the part of the app you can use to pay your bills, so the verb form "pay..." would work, or you could translate it as "bills payment".

"HOW TO PAY UTILITY BILLS DURING COVID-19
Reduce your bill and avoid scams.
En español: Utilities serve many purposes in our lives, from keeping our food and medicine refrigerated, to washing and drying our clothes, to charging our computers and phones."
https://uspirg.org/feature/usp/how-pay-utility-bills-during-...

"PAY YOUR BILL HERE"
http://www.fostoriaohio.gov/utility-bills.html
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Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 21:08
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3pay [utility] bills / bills payment
Robert Carter
3 +2payment for services
Steven Huddleston
3pay for utilities services
Barbara Cochran, MFA


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
pay for utilities services


Explanation:
Or perhaps "utilities services payment".

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 23:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
payment for services


Explanation:
Payment for a personal service or skill that someone provides, like an attorney, or a translator. "Public services" as indicated are generally referred to as "Utilities." Basically everything else you pay for is a product and therefore a "purchase."


Steven Huddleston
Mexico
Local time: 21:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 26
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Robert Copeland
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Robert!
neutral  philgoddard: Sorry to abandon you by changing my mind! It didn't really click what type of app this was.
2 hrs
agree  neilmac
14 hrs
  -> Thank you, Neilmac!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
pay [utility] bills / bills payment


Explanation:
I'm doubtful that we use "services" in English to say this, isn't it more normal to say "bills"?

To be specific you could say "pay utility bills", but simply "pay bills" or "pay your bills" would do in my opinion.
Presumably, this is the part of the app you can use to pay your bills, so the verb form "pay..." would work, or you could translate it as "bills payment".

"HOW TO PAY UTILITY BILLS DURING COVID-19
Reduce your bill and avoid scams.
En español: Utilities serve many purposes in our lives, from keeping our food and medicine refrigerated, to washing and drying our clothes, to charging our computers and phones."
https://uspirg.org/feature/usp/how-pay-utility-bills-during-...

"PAY YOUR BILL HERE"
http://www.fostoriaohio.gov/utility-bills.html


Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 21:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 288

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Yes, good point. I'd forget about utilities, though - it's presumably any kind of bill, including things like taxes.
30 mins
  -> Thanks, Phil, you might be right.
agree  Luis M. Sosa
1 day 1 hr
  -> Thanks, Luis.
agree  AllegroTrans
2 days 20 hrs
  -> Thanks, Chris.
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