verb🔗ShareTomar prestadoTo receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it."She is borrowing my pen to fill out the form. "Ella está tomando prestado mi bolígrafo para rellenar el formulario.financebusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePedir prestadoTo take money from a bank under the agreement that the bank will be paid over the course of time."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.financebusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAdoptar, tomar prestadoTo adopt (an idea) as one's own."to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another"adoptar el estilo, la manera o las opiniones de otrolanguagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAdoptar una palabra de otro idiomaTo adopt a word from another language."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.languagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePedir prestadoIn 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."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.mathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePrestar(Upper Midwestern United States) To lend.""Could you borrowing me your pen? I forgot mine at home." "¿Podrías prestarme tu bolígrafo? Olvidé el mío en casa.languagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTomar prestadoTo temporarily obtain (something) for (someone)."I am borrowing my sister's car for the weekend. "Estoy tomando prestado el coche de mi hermana para el fin de semana.businessfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFingir, simularTo feign or counterfeit."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.characterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareLiberar(obsolete except in ballads) To secure the release of (someone) from prison."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.lawpolicegovernmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTomar prestadoTo receive (something) from somebody, with little possibility of returning it."Can I borrow a sheet of paper?"¿Puedo tomar prestado una hoja de papel?businessfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePréstamoAn instance of something being borrowed."The borrowing of the library book was easy. "El préstamo del libro de la biblioteca fue fácil.financebusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePréstamo lingüístico, extranjerismoA borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.""Karaoke," a Japanese word, is a common borrowing in English. "«Karaoke», una palabra japonesa, es un préstamo lingüístico común en inglés.languagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
