borrow

borrow
'borəu
verb
(to take (something, often money) temporarily with the intention of returning it: He borrowed a book from the library.) tomar prestado
- borrowing
borrow vb pedir prestado / coger prestado
can I borrow your dictionary? ¿me dejas tu diccionario? / ¿te cojo el diccionario?
can I borrow some money? ¿me puedes dejar algo de dinero?
borrow
tr['bɒrəʊ]
transitive verb
1 pedir prestado,-a, tomar prestado,-a
■ he borrowed my suit me pidió el traje prestado
■ I don't like borrowing things no me gusta pedir las cosas prestadas
■ can I borrow your pen? ¿me dejas tu boli?
■ you can borrow it if you like te lo presto si quieres
2 (appropriate, plagiarize) apropiarse de, plagiar
■ he borrowed all my ideas plagió todas mis ideas
borrow ['bɑro] vt
1) : pedir prestado, tomar prestado
2) appropriate: apropiarse de, adoptar
borrow
n.
• acarreo negativo (Matemática) s.m.
v.
• apropiarse v.
• pedir prestado v.
• tomar prestado v.
'bɑːrəʊ, 'bɒrəʊ
transitive verb
1)
a) (have on loan)

may I borrow your pencil? — ¿me prestas or (Esp tb) me dejas el lápiz?

the ladder is borrowed — la escalera es prestada

to borrow something from somebody — pedirle* prestado algo a alguien

I borrowed a ladder from Tim — le pedí una escalera prestada a Tim

I borrowed $5,000 from the bank — pedí un préstamo de 5.000 dólares al banco

he was living on borrowed time — tenía los días contados

b) (from library) sacar*
2) \<\<idea\>\> sacar*; \<\<word\>\> tomar

a term borrowed from German — un préstamo del alemán, una palabra tomada del alemán

['bɒrǝʊ]
VT pedir prestado (from, of a); tomar prestado; [+ idea etc] adoptar, apropiarse; [+ word] tomar (from de)

may I borrow your car? — ¿me prestas el coche?

you can borrow it till I need it — te lo presto hasta que lo necesite

* * *
['bɑːrəʊ, 'bɒrəʊ]
transitive verb
1)
a) (have on loan)

may I borrow your pencil? — ¿me prestas or (Esp tb) me dejas el lápiz?

the ladder is borrowed — la escalera es prestada

to borrow something from somebody — pedirle* prestado algo a alguien

I borrowed a ladder from Tim — le pedí una escalera prestada a Tim

I borrowed $5,000 from the bank — pedí un préstamo de 5.000 dólares al banco

he was living on borrowed time — tenía los días contados

b) (from library) sacar*
2) \<\<idea\>\> sacar*; \<\<word\>\> tomar

a term borrowed from German — un préstamo del alemán, una palabra tomada del alemán


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