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borrowing

/ˈbɑːroʊɪŋ/ /ˈbɔːroʊɪŋ/

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verb

Tomar prestado

To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.

Examples :

"She is borrowing my pen to fill out the form. "

Ella está tomando prestado mi bolígrafo para rellenar el formulario.

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verb

Pedir prestado

To take money from a bank under the agreement that the bank will be paid over the course of time.

Examples :

"Maria is borrowing money from the bank to buy a new car, and she will pay it back over five years. "

María está pidiendo prestado dinero al banco para comprar un coche nuevo, y lo pagará en cinco años.

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verb

Adoptar, tomar prestado

To adopt (an idea) as one's own.

Examples :

"to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another"

adoptar el estilo, la manera o las opiniones de otro

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verb

Adoptar una palabra de otro idioma

To adopt a word from another language.

Examples :

"English is constantly borrowing words from other languages; for example, "karaoke" comes from Japanese. "

El inglés está constantemente adoptando palabras de otros idiomas; por ejemplo, "karaoke" proviene del japonés.

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verb

Pedir prestado

In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.

Examples :

"The student was borrowing from the tens column to subtract 7 from 2, rewriting 42 as 3 tens and 12 ones. "

El estudiante estaba pidiendo prestado de la columna de las decenas para restar 7 de 2, reescribiendo 42 como 3 decenas y 12 unidades.

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verb

Prestar

(Upper Midwestern United States) To lend.

Examples :

""Could you borrowing me your pen? I forgot mine at home." "

¿Podrías prestarme tu bolígrafo? Olvidé el mío en casa.

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verb

Tomar prestado

To temporarily obtain (something) for (someone).

Examples :

"I am borrowing my sister's car for the weekend. "

Estoy tomando prestado el coche de mi hermana para el fin de semana.

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verb

Fingir, simular

To feign or counterfeit.

Examples :

"She was borrowing a smile, trying to appear happy despite feeling sad inside. "

Ella estaba fingiendo una sonrisa, tratando de parecer feliz a pesar de sentirse triste por dentro.

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verb

Liberar

(obsolete except in ballads) To secure the release of (someone) from prison.

Examples :

"Seeing young William unjustly imprisoned, the brave knight vowed to borrowing him from the king's dungeon before dawn. "

Al ver al joven William injustamente encarcelado, el valiente caballero juró liberarlo de la mazmorra del rey antes del amanecer.

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verb

Tomar prestado

To receive (something) from somebody, with little possibility of returning it.

Examples :

"Can I borrow a sheet of paper?"

¿Puedo tomar prestado una hoja de papel?

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noun

Préstamo

An instance of something being borrowed.

Examples :

"The borrowing of the library book was easy. "

El préstamo del libro de la biblioteca fue fácil.

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noun

Préstamo lingüístico, extranjerismo

A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.

Examples :

""Karaoke," a Japanese word, is a common borrowing in English. "

«Karaoke», una palabra japonesa, es un préstamo lingüístico común en inglés.

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