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emprestar.

to lend

9 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/empɾesˈtaɾ/[ẽm.pɾesˈt̪aɾ]
  1. to lend

    Latin-America · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old Spanish en- Spanish em- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae- Latin stō Latin praestāre Old Spanish prestar Spanish prestar Spanish emprestar From em- + prestar. Compare Portuguese emprestar, Italian imprestare, Sicilian mpristari.

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