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Vai pagar como? — No débito.

How are you paying? — Debit card.

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Why every word is where it is

Vai1verbare (you) going toir · present · 3rd sing.pagar1verbpayinfinitivecomo2adverbhow?—No3prepositionby (lit. in the)em + o · masc. · sing. · definitedébito3noundebitmasc. · sing..
  • Vai → pagar: ir + infinitive
  • pagar → como: pay how?
  • No → como: answers como
  • No → débito: em + o débito

Word for word: “(You) go pay how? — In-the debit.”

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Vai pagar: ir + infinitive, with você understood. ir + infinitive: the spoken future →
  2. 2
    In speech the question word can go last: pagar como? = how are you paying? Questions & question words (incl. cadê) →
  3. 3
    Payment methods take no: no débito, no crédito, no Pix, no dinheiro. Contractions: preposition + article/pronoun →

Variations

  • Crédito ou débito? — Débito.
  • Vai ser no cartão? — Não, no Pix.
  • Como vai pagar?