"to lend" in seven languages
Meaningto lend
Spanish
/pɾesˈtaɾ/
inherited
'To borrow' is pedir prestado.
French
/pʁete/
inherited
'To borrow' is emprunter.
Italian
/presˈtare/
inherited
'To borrow' is prendere in prestito.
Portuguese
/ẽpɾesˈtah/
inherited
'To borrow' is pegar emprestado.
Romanian
/ɨmprumuˈta/
other source · Latin *IMPRŌMUTUĀRE, from MUTUUM 'loan' (DEX)
Both 'lend' and 'borrow': îi împrumut, împrumut de la.
Catalan
/dəˈʃa/
other source · Latin LAXĀRE 'to loosen'
Also 'to leave, to let'; prestar is used too. 'To borrow' is manllevar.
English
/lɛnd/
native English · Old English lǣnan
The Latin ancestor
PRAESTĀRE‘to provide, to stand surety’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
PRAESTĀRE 'to stand surety, provide' became the lending verb in four sisters; French lost the s and marks it with ^ (prêter). Catalan lends by 'letting' (deixar), and Romanian împrumuta covers both lending and borrowing.
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In a sentence
- es¿Me prestas tu bolígrafo?
- frTu peux me prêter ton stylo ?
- itMi presti la penna?
- ptVocê me empresta sua caneta?
- roÎmi împrumuți pixul?
- caEm deixes el bolígraf?
- enCan you lend me your pen?
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