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	—

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan prestar, from Latin praestāre, present active infinitive of praestō.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /pɾəsˈta/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pɾesˈtaɾ/
• Homophone: prestà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

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

1. (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to loan; to lend

Conjugation

Conjugation of prestar (first conjugation)

infinitive			prestar
present participle			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
		—	presta	presti	prestem	presteu	prestin

Related terms

• préstec

Further reading

• “prestar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “prestar” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “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.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese prestar, 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 (ed.), 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. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be suitable, or enjoyable.

   Como che me presta o caldo con este frío! ― I really enjoy the 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 (ed.), 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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prestar

infinitive			prestar
gerund			prestando
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		prestado		prestados
		feminine		prestada		prestadas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	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		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	preste	prestes	preste	prestemos	prestedes	presten
	preterite	prestase	prestases	prestase	prestásemos	prestásedes	prestasen
	future	prestar	prestares	prestar	prestarmos	prestardes	prestaren
imperative		—	ti	Vde.	nós	vós	Vdes.
	affirmative	—	presta	preste	prestemos	prestade	presten
	negative	—	prestes	preste	prestemos	prestedes	presten
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
		prestar	prestares	prestar	prestarmos	prestardes	prestaren

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

• “prestar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “prestar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “prestar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “prestar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Icelandic

Noun

prestar

1. indefinite nominative plural of prestur

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /presˈtar/

Verb

prestar

1. to lend

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prestar

infinitive		prestar
participle		present	perfect
		prestante	prestate
active	present	simple	perfect
		presta	ha prestate
	past	prestava	habeva prestate
	future	prestara	habera prestate
	conditional	prestarea	haberea prestate
	imperative	presta
passive	present	simple	perfect
		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

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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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

prestar m

1. indefinite plural of prest

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese prestar, from Latin praestāre, present active infinitive of praestō.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾes.ˈta(ʁ)/

Verb

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

1. (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.

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. (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.

5. first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of prestar
6. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of prestar
7. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of prestar
8. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of prestar

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb prestar

Notes:[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. Verbs with this conjugation include: amar, cantar, gritar, marchar, mostrar, nadar, parar, participar, retirar, separar, viajar.
	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	prestamos prestámos	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)	-	prestes	preste	prestemos	presteis	prestem

Derived terms

• emprestar
• prestável

 

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish prestar, from Latin praestāre, present active infinitive of praestō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾesˈtaɾ/, [pɾesˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

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

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

   ¡Prestad atención, por favor! ― Pay attention, please!

2. (transitive) to lend

   Prestame tu bicicleta. ― Lend me your bicycle.

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.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prestar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

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

• ¹ Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
• ² Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of prestar^{edit data}

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 imperative presta
	dative	préstame	préstate	préstale	préstanos	not used	préstales
	accusative	préstame	préstate	préstalo, préstala	préstanos	not used	préstalos, préstalas
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.