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Asturian
Etymology
From Latin praestāre, present active infinitive of praestō.
Verb
prestar (first-person singular indicative present presto, past participle prestáu)
- to be pleasing, to be liked, to be good
- La película prestóme muncho. ― I really liked the film.
Conjugation
Conjugation of prestar
infinitive
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prestar
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gerund
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prestando
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past participle
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m prestáu, f prestada, n prestao, m pl prestaos, f pl prestaes
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person
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first singular yo
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second singular tu
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third singular él/elli
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first plural nosotros/nós
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second plural vosotros/vós
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third plural ellos
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indicative
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present
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presto
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prestes
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presta
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prestamos
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prestáis
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presten
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imperfect
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prestaba
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prestabes
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prestaba
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prestábemos, prestábamos
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prestabeis, prestabais
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prestaben
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preterite
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presté
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prestasti, prestesti
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prestó
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prestemos
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prestastis, prestestis
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prestaron
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pluperfect
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prestare, prestara
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prestares, prestaras
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prestare, prestara
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prestáremos, prestáramos
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prestareis, prestarais
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prestaren, prestaran
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future
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prestaré
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prestarás
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prestará
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prestaremos
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prestaréis
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prestarán
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conditional
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prestaría
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prestaríes
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prestaría
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prestaríemos, prestaríamos
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prestaríeis, prestaríais
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prestaríen
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subjunctive
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present
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preste
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prestes, prestas
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preste
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prestemos
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prestéis
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presten, prestan
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imperfect
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prestare, prestara
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prestares, prestaras
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prestare, prestara
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prestáremos, prestáramos
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prestareis, prestarais
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prestaren, prestaran
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imperative
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—
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presta
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—
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—
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prestái
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—
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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan prestar, from Latin praestāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
prestar (first-person singular present presto, first-person singular preterite prestí, past participle prestat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/
- (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to loan; to lend
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
References
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese prestar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin praestāre, present active infinitive of praestō (“I provide”).
Pronunciation
Verb
prestar (first-person singular present presto, first-person singular preterite prestei, past participle prestado)
- (transitive) to loan, to lend
- 1362, María del Carmen Sánchez Carrera (ed.), El Bajo Miño en el siglo XV. El espacio y los hombres. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié de la Maza, page 359:
que non posades vender nen sopenorar nen aforar nen alear nen prestar por tenpo ne por tenpos a dita casa- you should not sell, or pawn, or contract, or cede, or lend for a time, or at times, the aforementioned house
- Synonyms: deixar, emprestar
- (transitive) to render, provide, offer (a service, help etc.)
- (transitive) to pay (attention, respect etc.)
- (intransitive) to be useful, suitable, or enjoyable
1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, page 107:soe prestar ao Cauallo que ten a cabeça fria pazer a miude eruas peqenas et tenras porque en mergendo a cabeça et tirando as eruas con os dentes, deçen da cabeça a moor parte dos homores porllos nares para fora- it is usually useful, for the horse that have its head cold, to graze frequently tender and young grasses, because as it lowers its head and plucks the grasses with its teeth most of the fluids flow out through the nostrils
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be suitable, or enjoyable; to feel good
- Como che me presta o caldo con este frío! ― I really enjoy the hot soup with this cold weather!
- Non me dás un pouco? Pois que che preste! ― You won't give me a bit? Then, enjoy yourself!
1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 461:Et deulle tã grã ferida cõ hũa lança que tragía que a loriga nõ lle prestou nada, et passou a lança perlo uẽtre del, et logo as tripas lle caerõ sóbrelo arçón da sela- And he hit him such a blow with a spear he brought that the breastplate didn't benefit him at all, and the spear passed through his belly, and immediately his intestines fell over the saddlebow
1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:Albino: Deyjame probar si quera
vnha gota a min tamen.
Marta: Pois tendela vara e besta
quen bos quita que bebàs?
Albino: Ay Iasus como me presta.- Albino: "Let me taste al least
a drop for myself"
Marta: "You have rod and horse,
who's forbidding you of drinking?"
Albino: "Oh, Jesus, it feels good!"
Conjugation
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person (eu)
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Second-person (ti / tu)
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Third-person (ele / ela / você)
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First-person (nós)
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Second-person (vós)
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Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
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Infinitive
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Impersonal
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prestar
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Personal
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prestar
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prestares
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prestar
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prestarmos
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prestardes
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prestarem
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Gerund
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prestando
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Past participle
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Masculine
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prestado
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prestados
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Feminine
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prestada
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prestadas
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Indicative
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Present
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presto
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prestas
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presta
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prestamos
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prestades, prestais
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prestam
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Imperfect
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prestava
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prestavas
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prestava
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prestávamos
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prestávades, prestáveis, prestávais1
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prestavam
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Preterite
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prestei
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prestaste, prestache1
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prestou
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prestamos
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prestastes
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prestárom, prestaram
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Pluperfect
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prestara
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prestaras
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prestara
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prestáramos
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prestárades, prestáreis, prestárais1
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prestaram
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Future
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prestarei
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prestarás
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prestará
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prestaremos
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prestaredes, prestareis
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prestarám, prestarão
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Conditional
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prestaria
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prestarias
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prestaria
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prestaríamos
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prestaríades, prestaríeis, prestaríais1
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prestariam
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Subjunctive
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Present
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preste
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prestes
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preste
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prestemos
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prestedes, presteis
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prestem
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Imperfect
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prestasse
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prestasses
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prestasse
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prestássemos
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prestássedes, prestásseis
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prestassem
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Future
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prestar
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prestares
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prestar
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prestarmos
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prestardes
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prestarem
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Imperative
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Affirmative
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presta
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preste
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prestemos
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prestade, prestai
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prestem
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Negative (nom)
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nom prestes
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nom preste
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nom prestemos
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nom prestedes, nom presteis
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nom prestem
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Synonyms
Derived terms
References
Icelandic
Noun
prestar
- indefinite nominative plural of prestur
Interlingua
Pronunciation
Verb
prestar
- to lend
Conjugation
Italian
Verb
prestar (short or poetical form of prestare)
- (transitive) to lend, (pronominal) to borrow
References
- Oxford-Paravia Concise - Dizionario Inglese-Italiano e Italiano-Inglese. Edited by Maria Cristina Bareggi. Torino: Paravia, 2003 (in collaboration with Oxford University Press). ISBN 8839551107. Online version here
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
prestar m
- indefinite plural of prest
Old Norse
Noun
prestar
- indefinite nominative plural of prestr
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin praestāre, present active infinitive of praestō.
Verb
prestar
- to lend
between 1140 and 1207, anonymous,
Poem of the Cid 118:
- E p̃ſtalde de auer lo q̃ ſea guiſado
- And lend him (prestad+le) wealth to the extent it's reasonable
- to be useful, of distinction
- omne de prestar ― distinguished man
1293, anonymous,
Gran conquista de ultramar 148v, (ms. 1187 BNM, ed. by Louis Cooper et al. (1995)):
- Ca en la villa non auie yente de prestar
- ...because in the village there were no people of distinction
- to give, donate (for example, money)
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese prestar, from Latin praestāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
prestar (first-person singular present presto, first-person singular preterite prestei, past participle prestado)
- (intransitive, or transitive with para) to be useful; to be suitable; to be good
- Este dicionário não presta. ― This dictionary isn't useful.
- Este dicionário não presta para nada. ― This dictionary isn't useful for anything.
- (transitive) to render, to provide, to offer (a service, help etc.)
- Ninguém me prestou ajuda. ― Nobody offered me help.
- (transitive) to pay (attention, respect etc.)
- Acorda e presta mais atenção! ― Wake up and pay more attention!
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with a) to be suitable
- A sala presta-se perfeitamente a este fim. ― The room is perfectly suitable for this purpose.
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
Slovene
Etymology
From pre- + stȁr.
Pronunciation
Adjective
prestȁr (comparative , superlative)
- too old
Inflection
Further reading
- “prestar”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish prestar, from Latin praestāre.
Coromines and Pascual mention an old attestation of Latin praestō meaning "to lend" in a legal document of 438, the Interpretationes Theodosianae, where commodō is switched for praestō. This meaning is also attested in the Reichenau Glosses. They also mention that the meaning "to borrow", generally considered non-standard, is already attested in the 16th-century work El patrañuelo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾesˈtaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: pres‧tar
Verb
prestar (first-person singular present presto, first-person singular preterite presté, past participle prestado)
- (transitive) to lend
Prestame tu bicicleta.- Lend me your bicycle.
- (transitive) to give, pay (e.g., attention)
¡Prestad atención, por favor!- Pay attention, please!
- (reflexive, transitive) to have a natural inclination, a natural tendency
El alcohol se presta al abuso.- Alcohol tends to be abused.
- (transitive) to take
Los ministros prestan el juramento.- The ministers take the oath.
- (transitive, nonstandard) to borrow
- Synonyms: pedir prestado, tomar prestado
¿Le prestaste la laptop?- Did you borrow the laptop from her?
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of prestar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive prestar
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dative
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prestarme
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prestarte
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prestarle, prestarse
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prestarnos
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prestaros
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prestarles, prestarse
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accusative
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prestarme
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prestarte
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prestarlo, prestarla, prestarse
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prestarnos
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prestaros
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prestarlos, prestarlas, prestarse
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with gerund prestando
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dative
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prestándome
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prestándote
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prestándole, prestándose
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prestándonos
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prestándoos
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prestándoles, prestándose
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accusative
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prestándome
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prestándote
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prestándolo, prestándola, prestándose
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prestándonos
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prestándoos
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prestándolos, prestándolas, prestándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative presta
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dative
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préstame
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préstate
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préstale
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préstanos
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not used
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préstales
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accusative
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préstame
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préstate
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préstalo, préstala
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préstanos
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not used
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préstalos, préstalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative prestá
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dative
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prestame
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prestate
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prestale
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prestanos
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not used
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prestales
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accusative
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prestame
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prestate
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prestalo, prestala
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prestanos
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not used
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prestalos, prestalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative preste
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dative
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présteme
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not used
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préstele, préstese
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préstenos
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not used
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présteles
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accusative
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présteme
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not used
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préstelo, préstela, préstese
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préstenos
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not used
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préstelos, préstelas
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with first-person plural imperative prestemos
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dative
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not used
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prestémoste
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prestémosle
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prestémonos
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prestémoos
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prestémosles
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accusative
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not used
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prestémoste
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prestémoslo, prestémosla
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prestémonos
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prestémoos
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prestémoslos, prestémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative prestad
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dative
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prestadme
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not used
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prestadle
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prestadnos
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prestaos
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prestadles
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accusative
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prestadme
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not used
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prestadlo, prestadla
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prestadnos
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prestaos
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prestadlos, prestadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative presten
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dative
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préstenme
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not used
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préstenle
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préstennos
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not used
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préstenles, préstense
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accusative
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préstenme
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not used
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préstenlo, préstenla
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préstennos
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not used
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préstenlos, préstenlas, préstense
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Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “prestar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “prestar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 646