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Pedir prestado

To borrow

Word Combinations
Notes & Usage:

The natural collocation for borrowing something. Literally 'to ask on loan'. Pedir prestado algo a alguien = to borrow something from someone.

See It in Context

¿Me puedes pedir prestado el cargador?

Can I borrow your charger?

Le pidió prestado dinero a su hermano.

She borrowed money from her brother.

—¿De quién es? —Lo pedí prestado, es de un amigo.

—Whose is it? —I borrowed it, it belongs to a friend.