prestar

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin praestāre, present active infinitive of praestō.

Verb

prestar (first-person singular indicative present presto, past participle prestáu)

1. to be pleasing, to be liked, to be good

   La película prestóme muncho. ― I really liked the film.

Conjugation

Conjugation of prestar

infinitive		prestar
gerund		prestando
past participle		m prestáu, f prestada, n prestao, m pl prestaos, f pl prestaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	presto	prestes	presta	prestamos	prestáis	presten
	imperfect	prestaba	prestabes	prestaba	prestábemos, prestábamos	prestabeis, prestabais	prestaben
	preterite	presté	prestasti, prestesti	prestó	prestemos	prestastis, prestestis	prestaron
	pluperfect	prestare, prestara	prestares, prestaras	prestare, prestara	prestáremos, prestáramos	prestareis, prestarais	prestaren, prestaran
	future	prestaré	prestarás	prestará	prestaremos	prestaréis	prestarán
	conditional	prestaría	prestaríes	prestaría	prestaríemos, prestaríamos	prestaríeis, prestaríais	prestaríen
subjunctive	present	preste	prestes, prestas	preste	prestemos	prestéis	presten, prestan
	imperfect	prestare, prestara	prestares, prestaras	prestare, prestara	prestáremos, prestáramos	prestareis, prestarais	prestaren, prestaran
imperative		—	presta	—	—	prestái	—

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan prestar, from Latin praestāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pɾəsˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾesˈtaɾ]
• Homophone: prestà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

prestar (first-person singular present presto, first-person singular preterite prestí, past participle prestat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive, pronominal) to loan; to lend

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prestar (first conjugation)

infinitive			prestar
gerund			prestant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		prestat		prestada
		plural		prestats		prestades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	presto	prestes	presta	prestem	presteu	presten
	imperfect	prestava	prestaves	prestava	prestàvem	prestàveu	prestaven
	future	prestaré	prestaràs	prestarà	prestarem	prestareu	prestaran
	preterite	prestí	prestares	prestà	prestàrem	prestàreu	prestaren
	conditional	prestaria	prestaries	prestaria	prestaríem	prestaríeu	prestarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	presti	prestis	presti	prestem	presteu	prestin
	imperfect	prestés	prestessis	prestés	prestéssim	prestéssiu	prestessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	presta	presti	prestem	presteu	prestin
	negative (no)	—	no prestis	no presti	no prestem	no presteu	no prestin

Derived terms

• prestatari

Related terms

• prestació
• prestador
• préstec

References

• “prestar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “prestar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “prestar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “prestar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese prestar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin praestāre, present active infinitive of praestō (“I provide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾesˈtaɾ/

Verb

prestar (first-person singular present presto, first-person singular preterite prestei, past participle prestado)

1. (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

2. (transitive) to render, provide, offer (a service, help etc.)
3. (transitive) to pay (attention, respect etc.)
4. (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

5. (pronominal) 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

    Conjugation of prestar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	prestar
Personal	prestar	prestares	prestar	prestarmos	prestardes	prestaren
Gerund
	prestando
Past participle
Masculine	prestado			prestados
Feminine	prestada			prestadas
Indicative
Present	presto	prestas	presta	prestamos	prestades	prestan
Imperfect	prestaba	prestabas	prestaba	prestabamos	prestabades	prestaban
Preterite	prestei	prestaches	prestou	prestamos	prestastes	prestaron
Pluperfect	prestara	prestaras	prestara	prestaramos	prestarades	prestaran
Future	prestarei	prestarás	prestará	prestaremos	prestaredes	prestarán
Conditional	prestaría	prestarías	prestaría	prestariamos	prestariades	prestarían
Subjunctive
Present	preste	prestes	preste	prestemos	prestedes	presten
Imperfect	prestase	prestases	prestase	prestásemos	prestásedes	prestasen
Future	prestar	prestares	prestar	prestarmos	prestardes	prestaren
Imperative
Affirmative		presta	preste	prestemos	prestade	presten
Negative (non)		non prestes	non preste	non prestemos	non prestedes	non presten

    Reintegrated conjugation of prestar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	prestar
Personal	prestar	prestares	prestar	prestarmos	prestardes	prestarem
Gerund
	prestando
Past participle
Masculine	prestado			prestados
Feminine	prestada			prestadas
Indicative
Present	presto	prestas	presta	prestamos	prestades, prestais	prestam
Imperfect	prestava	prestavas	prestava	prestávamos	prestávades, prestáveis, prestávais1	prestavam
Preterite	prestei	prestaste, prestache1	prestou	prestamos	prestastes	prestárom, prestaram
Pluperfect	prestara	prestaras	prestara	prestáramos	prestárades, prestáreis, prestárais1	prestaram
Future	prestarei	prestarás	prestará	prestaremos	prestaredes, prestareis	prestarám, prestarão
Conditional	prestaria	prestarias	prestaria	prestaríamos	prestaríades, prestaríeis, prestaríais1	prestariam
Subjunctive
Present	preste	prestes	preste	prestemos	prestedes, presteis	prestem
Imperfect	prestasse	prestasses	prestasse	prestássemos	prestássedes, prestásseis	prestassem
Future	prestar	prestares	prestar	prestarmos	prestardes	prestarem
Imperative
Affirmative		presta	preste	prestemos	prestade, prestai	prestem
Negative (nom)		nom prestes	nom preste	nom prestemos	nom prestedes, nom presteis	nom prestem

¹Less recommended.

Synonyms

• (to be enjoyable): avecer, avegar
• (to be useful): aproveitar

Derived terms

• emprestar (“to loan”)
• empréstito (“loan”)
• prestación (“service; allowance”)
• préstamo (“loan”)
• prestancia (“excellence, distinction”)

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “prestar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “prestar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “prestar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “prestar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “prestar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “prestar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Icelandic

Noun

prestar

1. indefinite nominative plural of prestur

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /presˈtar/

Verb

prestar

1. to lend

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prestar

infinitive		prestar
participle		present	perfect
		prestante	prestate
active		simple	perfect
	present	presta	ha prestate
	past	prestava	habeva prestate
	future	prestara	habera prestate
	conditional	prestarea	haberea prestate
	imperative	presta
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es prestate	ha essite prestate
	past	esseva prestate	habeva essite prestate
	future	essera prestate	habera essite prestate
	conditional	esserea prestate	haberea essite prestate
	imperative	sia prestate

Italian

Verb

prestar (short or poetical form of prestare)

1. (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

1. indefinite plural of prest

Old Norse

Noun

prestar

1. indefinite nominative plural of prestr

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin praestāre, present active infinitive of praestō.

Verb

prestar

1. 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

2. 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

3. to give, donate (for example, money)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese prestar, from Latin praestāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾesˈta(ʁ)/ [pɾesˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾesˈta(ʁ)/ [pɾesˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pɾesˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pɾeʃˈta(ʁ)/ [pɾeʃˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾesˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨʃˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨʃˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨʃˈta.ɾi/

Verb

prestar (first-person singular present presto, first-person singular preterite prestei, past participle prestado)

1. (intransitive) to be useful; to be suitable; to be good [with para ‘for something’]

   Este dicionário não presta. ― This dictionary isn't useful.

   Este dicionário não presta para nada. ― This dictionary isn't useful for anything.

2. (transitive) to render, to provide, to offer (a service, help etc.)

   Ninguém me prestou ajuda. ― Nobody offered me help.

3. (transitive) to pay (attention, respect etc.)

   Acorda e presta mais atenção! ― Wake up and pay more attention!

4. (pronominal) to be suitable [with a ‘for something’]

   A sala presta-se perfeitamente a este fim. ― The room is perfectly suitable for this purpose.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prestar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	prestar
Personal	prestar	prestares	prestar	prestarmos	prestardes	prestarem
Gerund
	prestando
Past participle
Masculine	prestado			prestados
Feminine	prestada			prestadas
Indicative
Present	presto	prestas	presta	prestamos	prestais	prestam
Imperfect	prestava	prestavas	prestava	prestávamos	prestáveis	prestavam
Preterite	prestei	prestaste	prestou	prestamos1, prestámos2	prestastes	prestaram
Pluperfect	prestara	prestaras	prestara	prestáramos	prestáreis	prestaram
Future	prestarei	prestarás	prestará	prestaremos	prestareis	prestarão
Conditional	prestaria	prestarias	prestaria	prestaríamos	prestaríeis	prestariam
Subjunctive
Present	preste	prestes	preste	prestemos	presteis	prestem
Imperfect	prestasse	prestasses	prestasse	prestássemos	prestásseis	prestassem
Future	prestar	prestares	prestar	prestarmos	prestardes	prestarem
Imperative
Affirmative		presta	preste	prestemos	prestai	prestem
Negative (não)		não prestes	não preste	não prestemos	não presteis	não prestem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• emprestar
• prestável

 

Slovene

Etymology

From pre- +‎ stȁr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɛstár/

Adjective

prestȁr (comparative [please provide], superlative)

1. too old

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	prestàr	prestára	prestáro
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	prestàr ind prestári def	prestára	prestáro
genitive	prestárega	prestáre	prestárega
dative	prestáremu	prestári	prestáremu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	prestáro	prestáro
locative	prestárem	prestári	prestárem
instrumental	prestárim	prestáro	prestárim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	prestára	prestári	prestári
genitive	prestárih	prestárih	prestárih
dative	prestárima	prestárima	prestárima
accusative	prestára	prestári	prestári
locative	prestárih	prestárih	prestárih
instrumental	prestárima	prestárima	prestárima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	prestári	prestáre	prestára
genitive	prestárih	prestárih	prestárih
dative	prestárim	prestárim	prestárim
accusative	prestáre	prestáre	prestára
locative	prestárih	prestárih	prestárih
instrumental	prestárimi	prestárimi	prestárimi

Further reading

• “prestar”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “prestar”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

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/ [pɾesˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pres‧tar

Verb

prestar (first-person singular present presto, first-person singular preterite presté, past participle prestado)

1. (transitive) to lend

   Prestame tu bicicleta.

   Lend me your bicycle.

2. (transitive) to give, pay (e.g., attention)

   ¡Prestad atención, por favor!

   Pay attention, please!

3. (reflexive, transitive) to have a natural inclination, a natural tendency

   El alcohol se presta al abuso.

   Alcohol tends to be abused.

4. (transitive) to take

   Los ministros prestan el juramento.

   The ministers take the oath.

5. (transitive, nonstandard) to borrow

   Synonyms: pedir prestado, tomar prestado

   ¿Le prestaste la laptop?

   Did you borrow the laptop from her?

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prestar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			prestar
gerund			prestando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		prestado		prestada
		plural		prestados		prestadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	presto	prestastú prestásvos	presta	prestamos	prestáis	prestan
	imperfect	prestaba	prestabas	prestaba	prestábamos	prestabais	prestaban
	preterite	presté	prestaste	prestó	prestamos	prestasteis	prestaron
	future	prestaré	prestarás	prestará	prestaremos	prestaréis	prestarán
	conditional	prestaría	prestarías	prestaría	prestaríamos	prestaríais	prestarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	preste	prestestú prestésvos2	preste	prestemos	prestéis	presten
	imperfect (ra)	prestara	prestaras	prestara	prestáramos	prestarais	prestaran
	imperfect (se)	prestase	prestases	prestase	prestásemos	prestaseis	prestasen
	future1	prestare	prestares	prestare	prestáremos	prestareis	prestaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		prestatú prestávos	preste	prestemos	prestad	presten
	negative		no prestes	no preste	no prestemos	no prestéis	no presten

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.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive prestar
	dative	prestarme	prestarte	prestarle, prestarse	prestarnos	prestaros	prestarles, prestarse
	accusative	prestarme	prestarte	prestarlo, prestarla, prestarse	prestarnos	prestaros	prestarlos, prestarlas, prestarse
with gerund prestando
	dative	prestándome	prestándote	prestándole, prestándose	prestándonos	prestándoos	prestándoles, prestándose
	accusative	prestándome	prestándote	prestándolo, prestándola, prestándose	prestándonos	prestándoos	prestándolos, prestándolas, prestándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative presta
	dative	préstame	préstate	préstale	préstanos	not used	préstales
	accusative	préstame	préstate	préstalo, préstala	préstanos	not used	préstalos, préstalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative prestá
	dative	prestame	prestate	prestale	prestanos	not used	prestales
	accusative	prestame	prestate	prestalo, prestala	prestanos	not used	prestalos, prestalas
with formal second-person singular imperative preste
	dative	présteme	not used	préstele, préstese	préstenos	not used	présteles
	accusative	présteme	not used	préstelo, préstela, préstese	préstenos	not used	préstelos, préstelas
with first-person plural imperative prestemos
	dative	not used	prestémoste	prestémosle	prestémonos	prestémoos	prestémosles
	accusative	not used	prestémoste	prestémoslo, prestémosla	prestémonos	prestémoos	prestémoslos, prestémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative prestad
	dative	prestadme	not used	prestadle	prestadnos	prestaos	prestadles
	accusative	prestadme	not used	prestadlo, prestadla	prestadnos	prestaos	prestadlos, prestadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative presten
	dative	préstenme	not used	préstenle	préstennos	not used	préstenles, préstense
	accusative	préstenme	not used	préstenlo, préstenla	préstennos	not used	préstenlos, préstenlas, préstense

Derived terms

• emprestar
• prestar atención

 

Related terms

• prestación
• prestado
• prestamista
• préstamo

 

Further reading

• “prestar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “prestar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 646