prestar

From Latin praestāre, present active infinitive of praestō.

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.

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

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

1. to loan; lend

• préstec

From Old Portuguese prestar, from Latin praestāre, present active infinitive of praestō (“I provide”).

• IPA^(key): /pɾesˈtaɾ/

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

2. (transitive) to render, to provide, to 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

• (loan, lend): deixar, emprestar
• (to be enjoyable): avecer, avegar
• (to be useful): aproveitar

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

• “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.

prestar

1. indefinite nominative plural of prestur

• IPA^(key): /presˈtar/

prestar

1. to lend

prestar (short or poetical form of prestare)

1. (transitive) to lend, (pronominal) to borrow

• 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

prestar m

1. indefinite plural of prest

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

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.

• emprestar
• prestável

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

• IPA^(key): /pɾesˈtaɾ/, [pɾesˈt̪aɾ]

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
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.

• emprestar

• prestación
• prestado
• prestamista
• préstamo